háˀay

Unless, until, if. Also pronounced háay. kkɨ́smaaman xúlxulmaaman patášapattawax̣ɨnx̣a háˀay pawɨ́šayčta mɨ́ł šapíinawit ‘they raise small fish until they become however many inches’; čáwpam mún átkʷatata háˀay iwáta pátuki ‘you should never eat them until it is set’; háaynam mún tún pátx̣taymatax̣na kumaš isík̓ʷata kuˀúš iwá winanúut ‘if sometime you could trade me something then I will show you how to swim’. [NE & WS háy; NP /h´q̓o/ (perhaps /hq/ plus intensifier /-ˀu/); cf. Y háaˀay ~ háay ‘must, preferably’.]