yaahsii-

== Blackfoot == === Alternative forms === aahsii- (non-prevocalic) === Etymology === From yaahs- (“to be good”) +‎ -ii (inanimate intransitive verbaliser). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /jaːxsiː/ (Aamsskaapipikani) IPA(key): [jʌ̀xs̠îː] (Aapatohsipikani, Siksika) IPA(key): [jʌ̀xs̠îː] (Kainai) IPA(key): [jɐ̀xs̠îː] === Verb stem === yaahsii- inan to be good, pleasing Óma Naatoyíksistsikoyi iikaahsííwa. ― That Sunday was so good. === 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.