aanistá'pii-

== Blackfoot == === Etymology === From aanist- (“manner, way”) +‎ -a'pii (“to be a certain way”, inanimate intransitive verbaliser). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aːnistáʔpiː/ (Aamsskaapipikani) IPA(key): [ʌ̀nɪ̀s̠tʌ́ʔpi̥] (Aapatohsipikani) IPA(key): [ànɪ̀stʌ́ʔpi̥] (Kainai) IPA(key): [ɐ̀nɪ̀stɐ́ʔpi̥] (Siksika) IPA(key): [ʌ̀nɪ̀stʌ́ʔpi̥] === Verb stem === aanistá'pii- inan (intransitive) to be in a way Tsá aanistá'piiwaatsi? ― How is it? (intransitive) to happen === References === Frantz, Donald G.; Genee, Inge (2016–2023), Blackfoot Online Dictionary‎[1], University of Toronto Press; Donald G. Frantz; Norma J. Russell (1989), Blackfoot Dictionary of Stems, Roots, and Affixes, 3rd edition, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, published 2017; Weber, Natalie; Derrick, Donald (2025), “A Phonetic Description of Káínai Blackfoot”, in Language Documentation & Conservation‎[2], volume 19, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, pages 248–304.