kòxksëmën

Unami

Etymology

From

• /w-/ third person prefix (metathesizes with /k-/, and the resulting /wá/ is realized as /ò/.
• /kòxksëmën/ : to dry it
• /-ne/ : inanimate suffix

Cognate with Munsee kwaahsúmun (“he dries it”).

Verb

kòxksëmën (inanimate transitive)

1. (inanimate, transitive) he/she dries it

present indicative conjugation of kòxksëmën

kòxksëmën
1st person singular	nkaxksëmën
2nd person singular	kaxksëmën
3rd person singular	kòxksëmën
1st person plural inclusive	nkaxksëmënèn
1st person plural exclusive	kaxksëmënèn
2nd person plural	kaxksëmëneyo
3rd person plural	kòxksëmëneyo

Related terms

• kaxksu
• kòxksa

References

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