náaji thus, so, in an indicated or otherwise contextually salient way [...]

• • thus, so, in an indicated or otherwise contextually salient way or manner

  Grammar Note

  This element is often used in conjunction with demonstrations, including gestural demonstrations, e.g., of the size of a referent, or the number of referents, and verbal demonstrations, i.e., instances of reported speech. It also commonly collates with <jɨɨ́ta> ‘like’ in similative constructions

  • • Example 159:
      

      Iiti ki=mɨ́jɨɨtaa kina=árata, náaji jɨɨ́ta kina=iíkii k=isákuji.

      I live well here, like you, as you live upriver of me.

    • Example 650:
      

      Náaji k=iikiaárikɨ ki=níyaaka=jata.

      In that way I lived with my husband.

    • Example 651:
      

      Kaa uumáana, iitinuúrika samaku náaji, suwáani samaku pɨ́=nikii.

      Not big, a little gourd versel like this (gesture indicating a diameter of 15cm), a gourd we see (as) very nice.

    • Example 652:
      

      N=aátikiaakɨ=ná náaji, “Iina taa=na p=ɨɨ́yaasúuja kɨɨ́wasiija, iina iíkii iiti...”

      They said thus, “This is the soul of our grandfather, that which is here...”