His, her. Obviative. Internal possession with kinship terms. pɨ́npštnɨmnaš iq̓ínušana ‘his father saw me’ (cf. pšɨ́tnɨmnaš iq̓ínušana ‘my father saw me’); pɨ́npyapin páˀaniyayiya ‘his (somebody else’s) older brother made it for him’ (cf. pyápin páˀaniyayiya ‘his [own] older brother made it for him’); pɨnpštmí áwa ‘it’s his father’s’ (cf. pštmí áwa ‘it’s father’s’); pɨ́npatpnɨmnaš iníya útpas ‘his older sister gave me the blanket’; áƛ̓iyawiya winšmí pɨnašaamí x̣ɨ́tway ‘the man’s wife’s friend died’; áq̓inušanaaš pɨ́npax̣yax̣na ‘I saw his nephew’; áq̓inušanaaš pɨ́npčapa ‘I saw him and his mother’; kuna ákʷayita maykx̣ɨ́lak pyupyuMaqšmaqšna ku pɨ́nˀištapa ‘and we will do even more for Yellow-Bird and his son’; áwɨnaaš pɨ́nˀištapa ‘I told him and his son’.
Language Program · Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation