òtaès

Unami

Alternative forms

• woatawes, otaes
• in compounds /-wataès/, /-atae/ (final): flower

Etymology

• /òtaèwi/ (verb stem): bloom
• /-s/ (suffix): nominalizing suffix

Noun

òtaès anim (plural òtaèsàk, 3sg possessed wòtaèsëm)

1. flower

possessives of òtaès

	singular	plural
1st person	notaèsëm	inclusive kotaèsëmëna; exclusive notaèsëmëna
2nd person	kotaèsëm	kotaèsëmëwa
3rd person	wòtaèsëm	wòtaèsëmëwoo

See also

• òtaèyu
• òtaès'he

References

• Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “òtaès”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project