✶ninkwitā- v. “to make white, whiten”

✶ninkwitā- v. “to make white, whiten”

Reference ✧ PE22/135 ✧ niñkwitā́ “make white, whiten”

Related

• ninkwita- “to grow white, whiten” versus ninkwitā- “to make white, whiten”

Elements

ninkwi	“white, pale”	✧ PE22/135 (niñkwi)
-tā	“verb suffix (transitive), causative”	✧ PE22/135

ᴹ✶ninkwitā- v. “to make white (or pale), whiten”

References ✧ PE22/98, 114

Glosses

• “make pale, white” ✧ PE22/114 (niñkwitā)
• “to whiten” ✧ PE22/98 (niñkwitā)

Variations

• niñkwitā ✧ PE22/98; PE22/114

Elements

ninkwi	“white, pale”		✧ PE22/98 (niñkwi); PE22/114 (niñkwi)
-tā	“causatives from adjectives”		✧ PE22/98

Derivatives

• > ᴹQ. ninqita- “to whiten, make white; to shine white”
  • ⇒ ᴹQ. alaninqitálima “that cannot be made white (again)”
  • ⇒ ᴹQ. ninqitáre “whitening, whitewashing”
• > N. nimmid(a)- “to whiten”