"phute'okicu" (etymological enquiry)

[Jan Ullrich]

REGINA PUSTET  wrote:
 
>  ogle ki       kicu
> shirt DEF give back
> 'he returned the shirt to her'
 
> he     kicu           we!
> that   give back  imperative
> 'give it back to him!'
 
> I have transcribed the c in kicu as an unaspirated stop.  
 
 
Regina, I have always heard ch (aspirated) in this word. Of course, the
aspiration tends to be weaker at the end of long words, for instance
when there are many personal affixes involved in verb, as in
wichauNkichupi 'we gave it back to them'.
 
Jan
 

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