dict:-si

PCA2

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Archipelagic saj

Suffix

-śi

1. Immediate/prospective future marker on perfective verbs.

e.g. bū (to cut) > būśi (to be about to cut)

1. Forms imperfective verbs from nouns (mostly fossilized (?); historically protected final stops from elision).

e.g. omśū (< simu(k); knife) > -mśukśi (< simuksaj; to be cutting)

See also: śī