Auxiliary

Definition

 Serve as pegs on which to hang subject person markers and non-personal particles. Serve to set the predicate within spatial context. (Suttles, 2003, p. 44)  Skwxwu7mesh has approximately 20 auxiliaries, particles and clitics in the verb phrase. (Jacobs, 2011, p. 86)

Examples

Locative Auxiliary	ʔi  ‘be here’	niʔ ~ ni ~ nə  ‘be there’
Directional Auxiliary	ʔəm̓í ~ m̓i  ‘come’	ném̓ ‘go’