dict:-si

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PCA2

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Archipelagic saj

Suffix

-śi

  1. Immediate/prospective future marker on perfective verbs.
e.g. bū (to cut) > buśi (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

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