I (child)ᦶᦀʔææ¹I, me (said by a child). [Note: ᦶᦀ is used between children and adults, and between adult children and their parents.]2000
I (deferential)ᦃᦾᧉxɔj³I; me. [Note: ᦃᦾᧉ is deferential; used when one is addressing elders or teachers.]500ᦃᦱᧉ1xaa³I; me. [Note: ᦃᦱᧉ is used when speaking to strangers, or being deferential.]500ᦷᦎᦃᦾᧉtoo¹xɔj³I; me. [Note: ᦷᦎ ᦃᦾᧉ is used among equals or when speaking to a superior.]ᦃᦱᧉᦓᦾᧉxaa³nɔj⁶I; me. [Note: One says ᦃᦱᧉ ᦓᦾᧉ when one is being deferential.]
I (familiar)ᦂᦴkuu¹I; me. [Note: ᦂᦴ 'I' is used in familiar relationships and between friends. It is paired with ᦙᦹᧂ 'you'.]500ᦕᦴᧉᦃᦱᧉpʰuu³xaa³I; me (familiar)500ᦷᦎᦃᦱᧉtoo¹xaa³I; me. [Note: ᦷᦎ ᦃᦱᧉ is used among equals.]500ᦣᦱ2haa⁴I; me. [Note: ᦣᦱ 'I' is paired with ᦆᦲᧂ 'you' in a relationship between close friends, usually of the same sex.]2000ᦅᦴ1kuu⁴I; me. [Note: ᦅᦴ 'I' is used in familiar relationships and between friends. It is paired with ᦙᦹᧂ 'you'. More commonly spelled ᦂᦴ.]2000ᦷᦎᦂᦴtoo¹kuu¹I; me. [Note: ᦂᦴ is used in familiar relationships and between friends.]ᦷᦎᦣᦱtoo¹haa⁴I; me. [Note: Used with close friends. Paired with ᦷᦎ ᦆᦲᧂ 'you' in a reciprocal relationship.]
I (male)ᦗᦸᧈᦃᦱᧉpɔɔ⁵xaa³I; me (male, deferential)ᦗᦸᧈᦃᦾᧉpɔɔ⁵xɔj³I; me (male, deferential)
I (older)ᦀᦻᧉ ᦷᦜᧂʔaaj³loŋ¹older brother; older male who has no children. [Note: Used pronominally by or to such a person.]500ᦏᧁᧉtʰaw³an old person. [Note: ᦏᧁᧉ is used pronominally in the 1st person by older people.]2000ᦗᦸᧈᦷᦜᧂpɔɔ⁵loŋ¹older brother of mother or father, or of wife or husband. [Note: Used pronominally by or to an older man who has children.]2000ᦶᦙᧈᦷᦜᧂmææ⁵loŋ¹aunt; older sister of one's mother or father, or of one's wife or husband. [Note: Used pronominally by or to an older woman who has children.]2000
I (superior)ᦈᧁᧉcaw³leader; ruler; lord; king. [Note: Used pronominally in the 2nd and 3rd person when the referent is superior or royal.]500
illᦙᧁmaw⁴to be ill; sick; poisonedᦔᦲᧃpin¹to have an illnessᦺᦃᧉᦐᦱᧁxaj³naaw¹ill; sick; having fever and cold (can be separated)
illicit wealthᦇᦹᧃᦕᦲᦷᦕᧆᧈŋɯn⁴pʰii¹pʰoot²illicit wealth (literally: money that the spirits help)
illnessᦘᦰᦍᦱᧆpʰajaat⁵disease; illness; ailment. [Note: This word covers serious diseases such as cancer and malaria, and also conditions such as heatstroke, poor eyesight, or a bruise.]500ᦺᦃᧉxaj³disease; illness; fever500ᦘᦰᦍᦱᧆᦒᦲᧉᦷᦟᦅᦱpʰajaat⁵tʰiloo⁴kaa⁴disease; illness; ailmentᦷᦟᦅᦱloo⁴kaa⁴disease; illnessᦘᦰᦍᦱᧆᦒᦲᧉpʰajaat⁵tʰii⁶disease; illness