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kîit female grand-relative through a woman; i.e., mother's mother, mother's aunt, daughter's daughter, or niece's daughter
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3834 | revised Aug 16 2015
kîit • N • female grand-relative through a woman; i.e., mother's mother, mother's aunt, daughter's daughter, or niece's daughter Variant: kíit, kîitka.
Derivatives (3)
ipkiitpíyaan "female great-grand-relative through a woman, i.e. mother's grandmother or great-aunt, daughter's or niece's granddaughter"
ishpúkiit "a type of wasp"
kítvaas "female grand-relative through a deceased woman; i.e., mother or aunt of a dead mother, daughter of a dead daughter or niece"
Source: WB 890, p.361
Note: The diminutive is kíitach. The plural is kíitiivshas, formed with -iivshas 'PLUR' . Cf. kûut 'male grand-relative through a woman', átish 'grand-relative through a man'.
- mukúnkiit kôova kun'áraarahiti. They lived with their maternal grandmother. [Reference: TK 238.29]
- xás upiip, kîit chími naa taniváaram. And he said, "Grandmother, I'm going." [Reference: WB 20: The Perils of Weasel 3: 002]
Short recording (1) | Sentence examples (12)