=ʔcayʔʔcayʔperson, -man, -er. Can be added to almost any noun, noun phrase or verb in the Absolutive or Nominalized form. Often indicates a person experienced, expert or habitually associated with an activity but in many constructions seems to be primarily a way of focussing on one person or groupmu ʔcayʔ yaʔthat oneciba· tʰín cʰide·dú ʔcayʔ yacʼ e· mu bótʼcicʼqamsomebody carried that, that's why it got softmu·kinʔ miku ʔcayʔ yacʼ e· mu ciba· baʔyaʔ tʰinHe was humming, that's why they couldn't hear anybody (no one could understand)2PersonDialectal Variant=ʔcaʔcomp.dimo ʔcayʔnewlywed person; bride or groomgroombihše ʔcayʔcomp.bihšé ʔcayʔdeer man, expert deer huntersynbihše ša·cahno ʔcayʔcomp.cahnó ʔcayʔgood orator, experienced speakersyncahno ša·mikuʔ cayʔcomp.mikuʔ cáyʔhummerpʰalaʔcayʔcomp.pʰaláʔcayʔwhitemanpʰalaʔcayʔ cuṭʼa·comp.pʰaláʔcay cuṭʼa·weeping willowsyncuṭʼa· dasuhlimʔpʰalaʔcayʔ hicʼecomp.pʰaláʔcayʔ hicʼefield mushoomfr. var.pʰalaʔcayʔ hicʼe·pʰalaʔcayʔ ta·wicomp.pʰaláʔcayʔ ta·wiWestern way or custom, non-Indian waypʰalaʔcayʔ ʔohsocomp.pʰaláʔcayʔ ʔohsolettuceaph.pʰalaʔcayʔsoʔama pʰalaʔcayʔcomp.ʔama pʰálaʔcayʔmiraclešihmi ʔcayʔcomp.šihmí ʔcayʔgunman, expert marksman, gun expertʔama·ʔcayʔcomp.ʔama ʔcáyʔ1adjexperienced2nexperienced personʔihminʔcayʔcomp.ʔihmínʔcayʔsinger at dances and doctoring sessionscfʔihmi 1