ʔileʔ

ʔileʔ • prep. • next to; more

Examples

• mé:hu delkáykayiʔ k'éʔi šáwlamhu ʔíleʔ • The boy is taller than the girl.
• šáwlamhu delkáykayiʔ šemuyé:s mé:hu ʔíleʔ • The girl is shorter than the boy. / The girl isn't very tall next to the boy.
• šáwlamhu delkúškušiʔ mé:hu ʔíleʔ • The girl is shorter/chubbier than the boy.
• wí:diʔ t'á:gɨm muʔáŋiʔi hádigi ʔí:leʔ • These pine nuts taste better than those ones. / These pine nuts taste better than those ones.
• wí:diʔ deMigilá:tuʔ k'éʔi hádigi ʔíleʔ • This one is prettier than that one.
• t'é:k'eʔ dewdíʔiš k'éʔi dewp'áp'ɨl ʔíleʔ • There are more trees than flowers.
• wí:diʔ k'étep mí:p'ɨli wí:diʔ ʔíleʔ • This jar is more full than that one
• deʔilp'ílp'iliʔ pú:lul deʔilélegiʔ ʔíleʔ deʔumbíʔic'iʔé:s • The blue car is less expensive than the red one
• mé:hu huté:šiʔé:s dewgális šáwlamhu ʔíleʔ k'éʔi • The boy is younger than the girl
• béverli t'é:k'eʔ t'á:gɨm ʔíʔwaʔ stí:vin ʔíleʔ • Beverly ate more pinenuts than Steven
• detúmu leʔášaʔuŋilaš t'ánu leʔíleʔé:s šémuʔayʔgi • I was going to be chief, but not many people were on my side