إِإْحِت
iˀḥit-
basic morphological information

n. (f.)

sister
сестра
أخت
LS 56; CSOL I 463–464; CSOL II 377
text examples

ḥeṣk ḫaľáḳ tóˀo éraḥk meʸh faḳḥ óste ḥe merád wa-ˀáḷaḥk men iˀḥíti kor tekóber énhi ‘I was sewing a dress. Midway through, the bobbin ran out. So I called my sister to wrap thread around the bobbin’ (CSOL II 28:28)

morphological notes

With pronominal suffixes only.

 

Sg.

Du.

Pl.

1

iˀḥíti

iˀḥítki

iˀḥítin

2 m.

íˀḥitk

iˀḥítki

iˀḥítken

2 f.

íˀḥitš

3 m.

íˀḥitš

iˀḥítši

iˀḥítšen

3 f.

íˀḥits

iˀḥítsen

For the dual and the plural, the form aˁtot- is used.

 

Sg.

Du.

Pl.

1

aˁtóte

aˁtótki

aˁtótin

2 m.

áˁtotk

aˁtótki

aˁtótken

2 f.

áˁtotš

3 m.

áˁtotš

aˁtótši

aˁtótšen

3 f.

áˁtots

aˁtótsen

The form aˁtóte can also be used without pronominal suffixes.

semantic notes

Frequently used with the meaning ‘another one (f.)’: égaḥk témreʰ ˁéḷeʰ wa-nö́botk ˁaf etéte wa-ḷaṭ ŝóľikk diˀáḷ íˀḥitš deš di-šéˀkets ‘I climbed a tall palm tree and pollinated it. When I finished my work, I jumped to another palm (lit. its (f.) sister) which was close to it’ (CSOL I 29:23)

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