Definition:
With something (as a tool or in a manner), by something (as a tool or in a manner).
Function:
Instrumental case. Attach to nouns.
Examples:
- išáx̣ƛ̓ka nɨkʷɨ́tna x̣apiłmíki ‘he cut the meat with his knife’;
- páwɨnpa apápki ‘he grabbed him with his hand’;
- šk̓apášwayki paˀaníx̣a k̓alk̓alípš ‘they make the cradleboard bow with rose’;
- ku pawáp̓ax̣ana paƛ̓aapá kʷɨ́nkix̣i taxʷɨ́ski ‘and they used to weave their basket hats with that same dogbane’;
- pamáwšuwanx̣ana walptáyktki ‘they used to get themselves ready with singing’;
- tiičámna páˀiƛ̓ɨmx̣ʷix̣a pɨnmikíin púwiki ‘it covers the ground with its snow’;
- kuš skúulix̣ana k̓úsiki ‘and I used to go to school by horse’;
- iyáytaša wásaski ‘he is floating along by raft’;
- wínax̣anaataš c̓íkc̓iki čɨ́ni ‘we used to go from here by wagon’;
- pináˀutpša lišáalki ‘she is putting a shawl around her shoulders’;
- níix̣kiš ásamx̣nax̣ana inmímaaman miyánašmaaman ‘I used to talk to my children in a good way’;
- kunam pinánaknuwita níix̣kisim px̣ʷíki ‘you should take care of yourself with only good thoughts’;
- ásamx̣našanaataš naamíki sɨ́nwitki ‘we were talking to them in our language’;
- čnáš máan iwaníša tanánki čí ‘how is this named in Indian?’;
- áwnaš ititámaša tanánki ‘now I am counting in Indian’;
- isɨ́nwiša šuyaputɨ́mki ‘he is speaking in English’;
- sɨ́nwisanaaš káˀuyitki ‘I was talking about the root feast’;
- átx̣uša wánaki ‘he’s worrying about the river’;
- kkáwšaaš x̣ax̣áykʷi ‘I feel bad about the money’;
- pasɨ́nwiša kʷɨ́nki tilaakinmíki ‘they are talking about that woman’;
- ana pmáy pamániyayišana waq̓íšwit čɨ́nki tiičámki ‘they (the soldiers) who were giving their lives because of this land’;
- súyak̓papki itwák̓ʷiiškša ipáax̣ ‘he’s spreading butter on the bread’;
- iwáynuuša nɨkʷɨ́t čúuški ‘she’s boiling the meat in water’.
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