Definition:
He, she, it.
Function:
Ergative case.
Used when the direct object is 1st or 2nd person. new info
Examples:
- pɨnɨ́mnaš itáymuna ‘he told me the news’;
- čáwnam šína qaˀáat tún kúša ačanam kú pɨ́nɨm iq̓ínušamš x̣ʷáamični ‘you are not doing anything to anyone in secret when he sees you from on high’;
- ana k̓ʷapɨ́n aníyayiya pɨ́nɨm aniłánɨm ‘that which the Creator made for us’;
- ačašta kú pɨ́nɨm ƛ̓áax̣ʷ išúkʷayišamš pináwšuwat ‘because he knows all the getting of myself ready’;
- ana k̓ʷapɨ́n itámčasayiya pɨ́nɨm ana kú čná itámčašana náaman tiičámpa ‘he put it on for us when he put us on this land’; ana k̓ʷapɨ́n aníyayiya pɨ́nɨm aniłánɨm ‘that which the Creator made for us’;
- ačanam kú iníša pɨ́nɨm x̣ʷaamipamánɨm x̣túwit ‘because he above is giving you power’;
- k̓ʷáy iwá wínš aš pɨ́nɨm iq̓ínušana watím ‘that is the man who saw me yesterday’;
- áwnaš yáx̣a k̓ʷaalínɨm pɨnɨ́mx̣i tiskáayanɨm ‘the same dangerous one Skunk found me’ (Jacobs 1929:213:5);
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pɨ́nɨmč̓a ‘he too’;
pɨlɨmksá ‘he alone’;
pɨ́nɨmsɨm ‘he only’;
pɨ́nɨmx̣uš ‘he first’.
[NE pnɨ́m; NW pɨnɨ́mk; NP /ˀipn´m/ (genitive and ergative).]