indey

/indej/

Saying it about someone

Saying it about someone — indey
DegreemenIsenyouolhe/she/itbizwesizyou allalathey
base formindeymeI am Native Americanindeyseyou are Native Americanindeydihe is Native Americanindeybizwe are Native Americanindeysizyou all are Native Americanindeydilethey are Native American

To compare two things, put the loser in the from-form: ol menden indeydi — "compared to me, he is Native American."

Saying it about mine, yours, theirs

One thing — indey
Degreemenikiminesenikiyoursanıqıhis / hersbiznikiourssiznikiyours (pl.)alanıqıtheirs
base formmeniki indeydimine is Native Americanseniki indeydiyours is Native Americananıqı indeydihis is Native Americanbizniki indeydiours is Native Americansizniki indeydiyours (pl.) is Native Americanalanıqı indeyditheirs is Native American
Several things — indey
Degreemenikileminesenikileyoursanıqılahis / hersbiznikileourssiznikileyours (pl.)alanıqılatheirs
base formmenikile indeydilemine are Native Americansenikile indeydileyours are Native Americananıqıla indeydilehis are Native Americanbiznikile indeydileours are Native Americansiznikile indeydileyours (pl.) are Native Americanalanıqıla indeydiletheirs are Native American

Any thing takes the third-person ending, not only these: bu indeydi, bıla indeydile. In texts biznikile is usually kesibiznikile, "our own people", and a surname with -nıqıla names a family: Dudalanıqıla, "the Dudas".