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This affix is a variant of V{(t)siq}V, seemingly formed from the HTR-form of that affix, even though the present affix itself is also used in a valency-increasing sense. Thus, it may be difficult to determine, whether an occurrence of /(t)sii/ in an actual word is the present affix, or the HTR-form of V{(t)siq}V. Furthermore, the meaning of the two variants seem to be the same, so it is unclear when one should be preferred over the other.

There does not appear to be a HTR-form (if one exists, we should expect it to be /siici/). Thus, if a HTR construction is required, then the variant V{(t)siq}V should probably be used (which then would yield the HTR-form /(t)sii/, which is equal to the present affix).

The affix is regularly epenthetic, i.e. (t) is inserted on vowel stems. However, note that the initial /s/ will not assimilate a preceding /t/, i.e. either if the epenthetic /t/ is inserted or if the preceding stem ends in /t/ (or t(ə), since the affix is additive.). In both these cases, the form will thus be -tsii-.

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