- ’i’
- ʔiʔ
- Noun
- and
- ’i’
- ʔiʔ
- Noun
- here and now
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- Note
- Auxiliary verb.
- ’i’
- ʔiʔ
- Verb
- to be here, to be now
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- Note
- Also an auxiliary verb.
- ’i’
- ʔiʔ
- and (conjunction marker)
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√’i’
- Note
- See also nominal forms with s-function as coordinate clauses nu-s-. See, e.g., sus and sis.
Examples
ni’ hwi’ wil’ ’u kwthu ni’ shni’s ’i’ ni’ tl’e wulh huye’.He would show up at one place and he would leave again.
ni·i·i’ xut’e ’u tthey’ ’i’ wulh nem’ sew’q’ tthuw’ne’ullh.When this happened the people started a search party.
ni’ ’u kwu’i tum’xuytl’ ’i’ tl’uw’ ’a’luxutus kwthu s’ulhtuns mukw’ stem.During the cold winter they collected food of all kinds together.
’uw’ hay ’ul’ tthu tuxwa’tsth ’i’ tthu tth’um’eens...It was only the bows and the arrows....
ni’ wa’lu tl’am kwun’s ’unuhwulup...wulh ’unuhw tseep kwu’elh...Perhaps it is time you PL stopped (searching...you must stop...
yuthustum “ni’ lumnum kwthu un’mun’u ’i’ ni’ wulh hwunets’.They said, “Your son was seen and he has already changed (into a seal.
’i’ hay tthu na’nuts’a’ hay ’uwu.And the other one was not married.
ha’ tsun nem’ hwu’alum’ nem’ ’u kwthunu snuhwulh ’i’ xwum nem’ tl’pilustum.If I return to my canoe, it (a seal will go under.
’i’ ’uwu te’ wa’lu un’stsle’t kwun’ skwunuhw.But there isn’t any way that we can capture him.
hwun’netulh ’i’ wulh ’umut.He got up very early the next morning.