Prefix
Prefixes attach to the front of root words, lexemic stem, or stem words changing its meaning.
Locational Prefix
- č-, elevative
- čɬ-, on surface
- myɬ-, frontal, know
- t-, temporal prior, before
- n-, inside, focus
- n̓-, among, amidst
- k̓ʷɬ-, within, under
- x̌ʷl-, intermediate
Derivational Prefix
- s-, nominal
- sc-, nominal past act
- sn-, nominal inside, place
- sxʷ-, agentive
Dimensional Prefix
- ɬ-, diminutive quality
- k̓ʷymɬ-, small
- kʷtiɬ-, big, extreme
Directional Prefix
- c-, cis-locative, toward speaker
- eɬ-, back to, again
- k̓ʷis-, go, translocate
Lexical Prefix
- ʕlpɬ-, lose bet
- c̓w̓ɬ-, wash
- čɬ–, hunt, go after
- čtxʷɬ-, add to
- epɬ-, have, possess
- kʷɬ–, take
- k̓ʷnšɬ–, how many
- s-k̓ʷnšɬ–, how many
- k̓ʷl̕ɬ–, made, make
- sc-k̓ʷl̕ɬ–, something that’s been made
- k̓ʷl̕ys–, change, transform
- lkʷtɬ-, far off
- lmɬ-, happy
- ɬp̓ɬ-, uniform
- ƛ̓ʕɬ-, search
- myɬ–, know, front
- pnɬ-, time period
- puɁ–, spouse
- qeɬ–, offspring of
- qlyxʷɬ-, human
- sqmɬ-, worthless
- s-šymɬ–, the example, the epitome
- swtɬ-, who? somebody
- ty̓xʷɬ–, acquire, get
- tmɬ–, not, anti-
- twɬ-, purchase
- t̕k̓ʷɬ–, placed, put
- t̕eɬ–, bad, evil
- wy-s–, finish, complete
- xʷc̓ɬ–, give
- x̌ʷtɬ-, cut off
- y̓qʷɬ–, lie, fake, imitation
Quantitative
- nk̓ʷɬ–, together with; one
- s-nk̓ʷɬ–, fellow, member of, one of
- ʕsl–, two
- čʕɬl–, three
- msɬ–, four
- clčst–, five
- t̕q̓nčst–, six
- sp̓l̕čst–, seven
- hʕ̓nmɬ–, eight
- x̌n̓tɬ–, nine
- upnčst–, ten
Qualitative
- č̓s–, bad
- kʷtiɬ–, big, extreme
- k̓ʷymɬ–, small
- pqɬ–, white
- q̓ʷy–, un-turbulent
- x̌sɬ–, good
Aspectual Prefix
- es-, stative
- qɬ-, irrealis possessor
- qs-, irrealis nominal
- qes-, irrealis stative
- ƛ̓m-, used to be