-i-i-ᐉSUFFIXnon-human relativizer

This suffix is optionally added to the verb of a relative clause whose head is non-human and not areal, spatial, or an extent of time. Since such relative clauses may have null heads, it also serves to derive agentive deverbal nouns. Examples: ek'unawhulnuk-i ‟computer”, q.v..

Examples of words containing this suffix:

chaimun ye'ulht'es-i nedotoo lhtus-i lilet ulhjut-i soogah dulhgus-i

Example

   
Ndits'uyits'uteyilh-ineba'inla.
this [non-human]foodwhich we (3+) are going to eatfor usyou (1) made
You made this food which we are about to eat for us.

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Related Words:   Affixes

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