aanistaiisi-

== Blackfoot == === Alternative forms === anistaiisi- === Etymology === From aanist- (“manner, method”) +‎ -aa (“animate intransitive verbaliser”) +‎ -ii (“animate intransitive verbaliser”). The third morpheme, -si, possibly is a shortened unexpected form of +‎ -ssi, which also generates animate intransitive verbs. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aːnistaiːsi/ (Aamsskaapipikani) IPA(key): [ʌ̀nɪ̀s̠tèjs̠î] (Aapatohsipikani) IPA(key): [ànɪ̀stèjsî] (Kainai) IPA(key): [ɐ̀nɪ̀stèjsî] (Siksika) IPA(key): [ʌ̀nɪ̀stàjsî] === Verb stem === aanistaiisi- anim (intransitive) to be so; to happen Ákaanistaiisiwa. ― It has happened. (literally, “It was [like] that.”) === 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.