Function:
Transitivizer (turns intransitive verbs into transitive verbs).
Examples:
- Without -k:
- íkkmi / íkkɨmi ‘fill’;
- ílac̓muyn ‘warm up’;
- ílapaša ‘lay hands on for healing’;
- ílax̣yawi ‘dry’;
- ílax̣ʷayx̣ ‘heat’;
- ílwi ‘testify, confess’;
- ínaq̓i ‘finish’;
- ínaat̓i ‘cook’;
- ínawi ‘try, test’;
- íniix̣i ‘fix’;
- ípuxpuxi ‘spread around’;
- íqaax̣ta ‘pour into’;
- ísx̣ɨx̣n ‘infuriate, make angry’;
- ítux̣ ‘take back, return’;
- ítwa ‘mix’;
- ít̓x̣aša ‘smoke’;
- íƛ̓aapn ‘lost out on’;
- íƛ̓iyawi ‘kill’;
- íƛ̓ɨmux̣i ‘cover’;
- íyatna ‘kill’;
- íyaƛ̓pi ‘wet, moisten’;
- íyawa ‘drive away’.
- With -k:
- íkiik ‘clean’;
- ímiik ‘tan’;
- ímuyk ‘wring out and stretch’;
- ítk̓ʷk / ítk̓ʷɨk ‘straighten’;
- íc̓ik ‘sweeten’;
- ík̓uk ‘pile’;
- ík̓ʷaank ‘spoil, give constant attention’;
- íluk ‘build a fire’;
- íłamayč ‘hide’;
- íłik ‘bother’;
- íšq̓uk ‘rub on grease, anoint’;
- íšwik ‘reciprocate on the Indian trade’;
- íqʷik ‘perfume’;
- ítyak̓uk ‘crowd’;
- íwayk ‘trap, catch’;
- íx̣alk̓uk ‘give a sudden scare’.
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[NP /hí-/.]