aanistsoo-

== Blackfoot == === Etymology === From aanist- (“manner, how”) +‎ -oo (transitive inanimate verbaliser), probably suffixed with +‎ -i (transitive inanimate verbaliser), which would explain the affrication of /t/ into /ts/. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aːnistsoː/ (Aamsskaapipikani) IPA(key): [ʌ̀ːnɪ̀s̠ts̠ôː] (Aapatohsipikani) IPA(key): [àːnɪ̀stsôː] (Kainai) IPA(key): [ɐ̀ːnɪ̀stsôː] (Siksika) IPA(key): [ʌ̀ːnɪ̀stsôː] === Verb stem === aanistsoo- inan (transitive) to be an amount, so much Nimáátssksiniihpa maanístsoohpi ― I don't know how much it is. ==== Usage notes ==== Requires unspecified subject. === 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.