-ite

suffix. {habit or special association with the verbal action}

-itë

having x

-itë adjectival ending, often attached to nouns with the sense of "having X" or "having the quality of X" (VT49:42)

-itë

suffix. adjectival ending; capable of doing, generally (and naturally) doing

Derivations

• ✶-iti “habit or special association with the verbal action” ✧ PE22/155

Element in

• ᴺQ. aitë “of some sort, of any sort”
• Q. caraitë “active, busy, active, busy; [ᴹQ.] able to make, handy, crafty, craftsmanlike, skilled” ✧ PE22/155
• Q. cenítë “seeing, *able to see” ✧ PE22/153; PE22/155
• Q. coloitë “capable of bearing, tolerant (of), enduring” ✧ PE22/155
• Q. cuvoitë “hiding, secretive; treacherous” ✧ PE22/155
• Q. hlonitë “phonetic”
• ᴺQ. lahlaraitë “deaf, (lit.) unable to hear”
• ᴺQ. laitë “false”
• ᴺQ. lalevítë “lame”
• Q. lanotoitë “innumerable”
• ᴺQ. luitë “melancholic, (lit.) habitually being sad”
• Q. maitë “handy, skillful; having a hand, handed; shapely, handy, skillful, [ᴹQ.] skilled; [Q.] shapely, well-shaped; (as suffix) having a hand, handed”
• Q. manaitë “*blessed, having grace” ✧ VT49/42
• ᴺQ. mardaitë “homely, domestic”
• Q. naitë “true” ✧ VT49/28
• Q. nefítë “air-breathing”
• Q. noroitë “(capable of) running” ✧ PE22/155
• Q. nútaite “?lowering (naturally), degrading” ✧ PE22/156
• Q. ólamaitë “consonantal”
• ᴺQ. quetítë “having speech, able to talk, good at expression, glib”
• Q. ruscuitë “foxy” ✧ VT41/10
• Q. sítë “of this sort”
• Q. taitë “of that sort” ✧ VT49/11
• Q. tirítë “watchful, vigilant” ✧ PE22/155
• ᴺQ. tyaraitë “effective, productive, effectual, efficacious”
• Q. xiétë “passing, impermanent” ✧ PE22/155
• Q. yuluitë “drinking (as a habit), *aquatic” ✧ PE22/155

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶-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

Variations

• -ite ✧ PE22/153; VT41/10 (-ite); 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