"phute'okicu" (etymological enquiry)

[REGINA PUSTET]

OK Bruce, OK Jan, I consider myself outvoted on the aspiration of kic(h)u. Fact is, with c, I tend to have trouble hearing the difference between aspiration and lack of it. With p/t/k this is a lot easier. I'm sure there is a phonological explanation for this -- maybe the alveolar fricative that technically precedes the aspiration in the affricate c has something to do with it.
   
  Regina
  

Jan Ullrich <jfu at centrum.cz> wrote:
       
    
  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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