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General
| Morphemic form: | {kəsitcitə}N |
| New orthography: | kisitsit |
| Proto-eskimoic root: | kəcit- |
| Morpheme type: | Noun base |
| Right sandhi: | Assibilation |
Description
Form:
According to the Comparative Eskimo Dictionary, this stem derives from {kəcit-}, 'count (them)', corresponding to the modern-day form kisippai.
The HTR-form is kisitsivoq with HTR-morpheme {ði}, which regularly takes the form -tsivoq on true t-stems.
The final /tə/ is not explained in the CED, but it may possibly be a variant form of V{-utə}N, 'tool/means for Vb'ing', without the initial /u/, which seemingly appears in a number of cases when following {ði}. See also {niggitə}N, {ənatcitə}N, {əkətcitə} and {aullaitə}N.
The stem regularly assibilates the final /t/ to /s/ before both affixes and endings, due to the preceeding true /i/.
Noun stem
| Stem type: | tə-stem |
| Declension type: | p-declined |
| Declension sandhi: | Regular |
| ABS.sg | ERG.sg | ERG.pl | ALL.sg | ABS.3sg/sg | Special forms |
| New orthography |
kisitsit |
kisitsisip |
kisitsisit |
kisitsisimut |
kisitsisaa |
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| Phonemic notation |
kəsitcitə |
kəsitcitəp |
kəsitcitət |
kəsitcitəmut |
kəsitcitəa |
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Meaning(s)