Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *kī̆t-
Meaning : to tickle
Kui : kitki lombeṛi, kīti kola "armpit"
Khuttia Kui : kitkoroḍi
Kuwi (Fitzgerald) : gidori kīali
Kuwi (Schulze) : gitori kīnai "to titillate"
Additional forms : Also Kui kīti tickling; kīti āva to be tickled; kīti giva to tickle
Notes : The voicening in Kuwi is mysterious, as well as the long vowel in Kui. External data does not confirm neither of these two phenomena. However, if Kuwi gidori can be traced back to *gidri (which is very probable, since in Kuwi we have simple, not geminated -d-; this should also account for the voicening of -d- itself), the initial voiced *g- can be explained as assimilated to the cluster of two voiced consonants.
Number in DED : 1551
