=naš

Definition:

I, me, mine, my.

Function:

Pronominal suffix. Usually attach to the first word of the sentence, or directly to a verb. Reduces to =aš, =š.

  1. Subject:
    1. wínašaaš ‘I am going’;
    2. kúušnašta áwɨnx̣a inmímaaman miyánašmaaman ‘thusly I tell my children’;
    3. áq̓inušanaaš ‘I saw him’;
    4. čáwš šína áq̓inuun ‘I have not seen anyone’.
  2. Object:
    1. iq̓ínušanaaš ‘he saw me’;
    2. kúušnaš ɨ́nx̣ana inmínɨm nč̓ínɨm ‘my elder told me thusly’.
  3. Possessor:
    1. k̓úsinaš wá ‘it is my horse’;
    2. lúnaaš inmí níit ‘my house burnt up’;
    3. inmíš wačá káła ‘I had a grandmother’;
    4. kuš wá waníčt Inez ‘and my name is Inez’.

See more:

ín ‘I’ (nominative singular);

ína / ináy ‘I’ (accusative singular).

[NP /-(e)k/.]

Pronoun chart