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ʔiwiʔ

ʔiwiʔ NS on, over

Examples

  • lewhuʔíwiʔ dawgayáyʔ dugá:gu Léhuyi • We don't know how to talk to defend ourselves.
  • t'é:liwhu t'é:k'eʔ ʔugálisi šáwlamhu ʔíwiʔ • The man is older than the girl.
  • tulí:šiʔ lɨ́:pgiši géwe ʔíwiʔ • The wolf is running faster than the coyote.
  • t'é:liwhu dípiʔ šáwlamhu ʔíwiʔ máŋaʔi • The man threw a blanket over the girl.
  • demuc'úc'u muc'úc'u šémuyi t'á:gɨm ʔíwiʔ gáyap • The berries are way sweeter than the pine nuts.
  • delélegiʔ t'éweʔ dewgúʔuš dac'ác'imiʔ ʔíwiʔ gáyap • The red one is longer than the green one.
  • mé:hu ʔilkáykayiʔi šáwlamhu ʔíwiʔ gáyap • The boy is way taller than the girl.
  • mé:hu ʔilkáykayiʔ šémuyi šáwlamhu ʔíwiʔ gáyap • The boy is way taller than the girl.
  • mé:hu delkáykayiʔ k'éʔi šáwlamhu ʔíwiʔ gáyap • The boy is taller than the girl.
  • bec'ɨ́lšiʔ t'é:weʔ dewgíʔiš k'éʔi té:bɨl ʔíwiʔ • The rope is longer than the table.
  • ʔitdémlu ʔíwiʔ • on the table
  • wí:diʔ t'á:gɨm muʔáŋiʔi wí:diʔ ʔíwiʔ gáyap • Intended: these pine nuts taste better than those ones.
  • dawp'áp'ɨl wí:diʔ delélegiʔ Migiʔáŋawiʔi delc'ác'imiʔ ʔíwiʔ gáyap • The red flower is prettier than the yellow one.
  • ʔíwiʔ gáyap • way past
  • wí:diʔ t'á:gɨm muʔáŋiʔi hádigi ʔíwiʔ gáyap • These pine nuts taste better than those ones.
  • wí:diʔ deMigilá:tuʔ k'éʔi hádigi ʔíwiʔ gáyap • This one is (way) prettier than that one.
  • t'é:k'eʔ dewdíʔiš k'éʔi dewp'áp'ɨl ʔíwiʔ gáyap • There are (way) more trees than flowers.
  • wí:diʔ k'étep mí:p'ɨli wí:diʔ ʔíwiʔ gáyap • This jar is (much) more full than that one
  • dípiʔ máŋaʔi Máʔšamišge ʔíwiʔ • He threw a blanket over the one who was lying down
  • ʔitdímeʔ ʔitdémlu ʔíwiʔ ʔíʔiyi • There is a cup on the table
  • t'é:liwhu delkáykayiʔ šému k'éʔi daʔmóʔmoʔ ʔíwiʔ gáyap • The man is taller than the woman
  • dewdíʔiš t'é:k'eʔ ʔíʔiyi daláʔak ʔíwiʔ • There are a lot of trees on top of mountains
  • daláʔak ʔíwiʔ dewdíʔiš t'é:k'eʔ Móŋili • A lot of trees are growing on the mountain