ᴺQ. !tuntaitë adj. “bright, witty, smart; *perceptive” (Category: Reason, Intelligence)

ᴺQ. !tuntaitë, adj. “bright, witty, smart; *perceptive” (Category: Reason, Intelligence)

Elements

tunta-

“to notice, perceive, ⚠️see”

ᴱQ. tunke (tunki-) adj. “bright, witty, smart” (Category: Reason, Intelligence)

References ✧ QL/95

Glosses

• “bright, witty, smart” ✧ QL/95

Variations

• tunke ✧ QL/95

Inflections

tunki-

stem

✧ QL/95

Derivations

• < ᴱ√TUN+TƎ “*see, notice, perceive” ✧ QL/95 (TUN+Kǝ)

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√TUN+Kǝ > tunke

[tunki] > [tuŋki] > [tuŋke]

✧ QL/95