Q. -itë (-iti-) suf. “adjectival ending; capable of doing, generally (and naturally) doing” (Category: Can, May)

Q. -itë (-iti-), suf. “adjectival ending; capable of doing, generally (and naturally) doing” (Category: Can, May)

References ✧ PE22/153-156; VT41/10; VT49/11, 28, 42

Glosses

• “adjectival ending” ✧ VT49/28 (*-ite); VT49/42 (*-ite)
• “capable of doing, generally (and naturally) doing” ✧ PE22/154 (-iti)

Variations

• -ite ✧ PE22/153; VT41/10 (#-ite); VT49/11 (#-itë); VT49/28 (*-ite); VT49/42 (*-ite)
• -iti ✧ PE22/154
• uite ✧ PE22/155
• íte ✧ PE22/155
• éte ✧ PE22/155
• aite ✧ PE22/155
• oite ✧ PE22/155
• ĭti ✧ PE22/156

Related

• -iti “capable of doing, generally (and naturally) doing” often functioning as an active form of passive -ima ✧ PE22/154

Element In

• ᴺQ. !lahlaraitë “deaf, (lit.) unable to hear”
• ᴺQ. !laitë “false”
• ᴺQ. !lalevítë “lame”
• ᴺQ. !luitë “melancholic, (lit.) habitually being sad”
• Q. cenítë “seeing, *able to see” ✧ PE22/153 (#keníte); PE22/155 (keníte)
• Q. hlonitë “phonetic”
• Q. lanotoitë “innumerable”
• Q. maitë “handy, skillful; having a hand, handed; shapely”
• Q. #nefítë “air-breathing”
• Q. #ólamaitë “consonantal”
• Q. sítë “of this sort”
• Q. caraitë “active, busy” ✧ PE22/155 (karaite)
• Q. coloitë “capable of bearing, tolerant (of), enduring” ✧ PE22/155 (koloite)
• Q. cuvoitë “hiding, secretive; treacherous” ✧ PE22/155 (kuvoite)
• Q. manaitë “*blessed, having grace” ✧ VT49/41
• Q. naitë “true” ✧ VT49/28
• Q. noroitë “(capable of) running” ✧ PE22/155
• Q. nútaite “?lowering (naturally), degrading” ✧ PE22/156
• Q. ruscuitë “foxy” ✧ VT41/10 (ruskuite)
• Q. taitë “of that sort” ✧ VT49/11
• Q. tirítë “watchful, vigilant” ✧ PE22/155
• Q. xiétë “passing, impermanent” ✧ PE22/155
• Q. yuluitë “drinking (as a habit), *aquatic” ✧ PE22/155

Derivations

• < ✶-iti “habit or special association with the verbal action” ✧ PE22/155; PE22/155; PE22/155; PE22/155
  • < eiti < -iti ✧ PE22/155
  • < [y]eiti < -iti ✧ PE22/155
  • < [w]oiti < -iti ✧ PE22/155
  • < -vuiti < -iti ✧ PE22/155

Phonetic Developments

✶-iti > eiti > íte	[-eiti] > [-eite] > [-īte]	✧ PE22/155
✶-iti > [y]eiti > éte	[-jeiti] > [-jeite] > [-jēte]	✧ PE22/155
✶-iti > [w]oiti > aite	[-woiti] > [-woite] > [-waite]	✧ PE22/155
✶-iti > -vuiti > oite	[-vuiti] > [-vuite] ? [-voite]	✧ PE22/155

ᴹQ. -ite suf. “(verbal) adjective ending” (Category: Can, May)

References ✧ PE22/111

Glosses

• “verbal adjective” ✧ PE22/111 (íte)

Variations

• íte ✧ PE22/111
• aite ✧ PE22/111
• oite ✧ PE22/111
• uite ✧ PE22/111
• maite ✧ PE22/111

Element In

• ᴹQ. aranaite “*kingly, royal”
• ᴹQ. himíte “clinging, able to stick on” ✧ PE22/111; PE22/111 (himíte)
• ᴹQ. inimeite “*feminine”
• ᴹQ. karaite “able to make, handy, crafty, craftsmanlike, skilled” ✧ PE22/111; PE22/111 (karamaite); PE22/111 (karamaite)
• ᴹQ. maite “handy, skilled”
• ᴹQ. #ólamaite “consonantal”
• ᴹQ. tulumaite “likely to come, probable (of future events)” ✧ PE22/111; PE22/111 (tulumaite)
• ᴹQ. #-voite “adjective suffix”

ᴱQ. -alka suf. “able to” (Category: Can, May)

References ✧ PE14/33

Glosses

• “able to” ✧ PE14/33

Variations

• -alka ✧ PE14/33
• -elka ✧ PE14/33
• -olka ✧ PE14/33

Element In

• ᴱQ. tulalka “able to bring”
• ᴱQ. hostalka “able to gather” ✧ PE14/33

ᴱQ. #-ite suf. “adjective ending” (Category: Affix)

References ✧ QL/39, 43, 67, 88

Element In

• ᴱQ. attalaite “biped”
• ᴱQ. #-noite “adjective suffix”
• ᴱQ. oilimaite “final, ultimate, last”
• ᴱQ. #-voite “adjective suffix”
• ᴱQ. haloite “leaping” ✧ QL/39
• ᴱQ. indoite “indoors, at home, homely, domestic” ✧ QL/43
• ᴱQ. noloite “daring” ✧ QL/67
• ᴱQ. tala(no)ite “footed” ✧ QL/88 (talaite)