Q. xiétë (xiéti-) adj. “passing, impermanent” (Category: Time (other))
A word for “passing, impermanent” in Late Notes on Verb Structure (LVS) written in 1969 derived from √SKEY “pass” and demonstrating the use of the verbal adjective suffix -itë (PE22/155).
Reference ✧ PE22/155 ✧ xiéte “passing, impermanent”
Elements
| -itë | “adjectival ending; [with verbs] capable of doing, generally (and naturally) doing” | ✧ PE22/155 (éte) |
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| √SKEY > xiéte | [skejeiti] > [skejeite] > [ksejēte] > [ksiēte] | ✧ PE22/155 |