piiní

They two. Nominative dual. pawiyánawiša piiní ‘they two are arriving’; ku patkʷátata piiliksá kʷná ‘and they two will eat there alone’; piiliksásim pawinána ‘only the two of them went’; piiníč̓a ‘they two too’; piinísɨm ‘they two only’; piiníx̣i ‘they two similarly’; piiníx̣uš ‘they two first’. The dual function of piiní is probably an extension of the associative, e.g., see piiní ‘with him, her, it’. [NW piiník.]