Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *bat-k-
Meaning : to live (happily)
Kui : bārti "longevity, long life"
Kuwi (Fitzgerald) : batkali "to live"
Kuwi (Schulze) : batkinai "to live"
Kuwi (Israel) : batk- (-it-) "to get on well"
Additional forms : Also Kuwi_S batku living; Kuwi_Isr batki ki- to make a good living, live happily
Notes : The Kui form is borrowed from SDR; but Kuwi forms are original, with a suffixal -k- (plural action) that goes back to PDR.
Number in DED : 5372
