Adjunct. Occurs between an obstruent and various suffixes, i.e., imperative (-k) and habitual aspect (-x̣a): áyčɨnk ‘sit down!’; áykɨnx̣anaataš ‘we used to hear them’. With the present perfect (-š) all that remains is the adjunct: iyíkɨn ‘he has heard’.
Language Program · Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation