Unami

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.). Derived from Unami kahtën (year).

Verb

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kahtënamu (conjunct 3sg kahtënamit)

  1. (inanimate, intransitive) his/her age (is)
    Palenàxk kahtënamu na xkwechëch.
    The girl is five years old.
    Na nishinxke kahtënamit lënu chitanësu
    The twenty-year-old man is strong.

References

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