qaykit̓wu

== Ktunaxa == === Alternative forms === kaikitu (by Canestrelli) qa.ikɪt!uwo, qa.ikɪ́t!uwo (by Boas & Chamberlain) qaikɪ́t̓ʷo (by Kramer) === Etymology === Perhaps composed of qa- (“along”) +‎ ik-it̓wu (“ten, 10; to be ten”). The first part may also be haqa (“to be”), according to Boas (1918). Compare the terms that are close to ten in a numerical scale, wist̓aⱡa (“seven, 7”) and wuxa·ȼa (“eight, 8”) respectively, for the potential remnants of a fossilized antecedent counting system. === Noun === qaykit̓wu (ordinal qaykit̓wu-n) (cardinal number) nine, 9 Qaykit̓wu-ni kamak̓ȼi kawisxu. ― Nine yellow bananas. === References ===