ᴹQ. -sta¹ suf. “close grouping” (Category: Other Collective Words)

References ✧ PE18/35; PE21/57

Glosses

• “close grouping” ✧ PE21/57 (-tta)

Variations

• sta ✧ PE21/57
• -esta ✧ PE18/35
• -tta ✧ PE21/57

Element In

• ᴹQ. tengwesta “grammar; collection of writing” ✧ PE21/57

Cognates

• Ilk. -ath “collective plural” ✧ PE21/57
• N. -ath “collective or group plural” ✧ PE21/57

Derivations

• < ᴹ✶-asta “collective plural” ✧ PE18/35 (-stā)

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ✶-stā > -esta

[-estā] > [-esta]

✧ PE18/35

ᴱQ. *-sto suf. “fraction suffix” (Category: Fraction, Division)

References ✧ PE14/84

Related

• *-sto “fraction suffix” = #-nto “fraction suffix”

Element In

• ᴱQ. enqesto “one sixth”
• ᴱQ. kesto “one tenth” ✧ PE14/84
• ᴱQ. minqesto “one eleventh”
• ᴱQ. neldesto “one third”
• ᴱQ. nelkesto “one thirteenth”
• ᴱQ. toltosto “one eighth”
• ᴱQ. huesto “one ninth” ✧ PE14/84
• ᴱQ. kantasto “quarter, one fourth” ✧ PE14/84