Thíyt means ‘to make’ or ‘to prepare’. You can also use this to mean ‘to fix, to repair’, and for cleaning up your room or house.
Pronunciation
Thíyt sounds like ‘THEET’‘.
Audio: Elizabeth Herrling, Elizabeth Phillips
–ing form
Thíyt has a special ‘-ing‘ (‘progressive’) form to describe an ongoing action: thá:yt – ‘making, preparing’ (audio here).
Elders make this type of -ing form with a vowel change (here i becomes a). The a vowel also becomes a little longer, with a falling pitch.
Related words
Thíyt comes from the same root as a number of other words, including:
- sthethíy – fixed up, ready
- thiyéltsep – make a fire (the –eltsep ending appears on many words related to fire)
- thiyéltxwem – make a a house, building
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