Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *ūs-
Meaning : to anoint oneself
Kuwi (Fitzgerald) : ūssali
Sunkarametta Kuwi : ūh- (ūst-)
Additional forms : Also Kuwi_F ūspi kīali to anoint another; ūspali to plaster with cowdung; Kuwi_Su ūsp- (-it-) to smear with cowdung.
Notes : Only the field forms are descended from PK. The added forms probably represent secondary causative forms. This results from the fact that original forms with -p- have no trace of causative meaning (this does indeed happen in a few cases), being, on the contrary, reflexive. The secondarity of these causative forms is proved, for example, by Kuwi_Su past stem (-it-) - a thing absolutely impossible for an original causative (-t- should be expected).
Number in DED : 686
