kwënakwsu
Unami
editEtymology
editCognate with Munsee kwŭnáhkwsuw (“he is tall”), Abenaki kwnakwzo, Penobscot kʷə̀nahkʷəso, Massachusett qunnunkqussu, Menominee kenuahkosew.
Verb
editkwënakwsu (third plural indicative manunksuwàk, participle kwënakwsit, negative ku kwënakwsii) (animate intransitive)
- (animate, intransitive) he/she is tall
Conjugation
editpresent indicative conjugation of kwënakwsu
kwënakwsi | |
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1st person singular | nkwënakwsi |
2nd person singular | këkwënakwsi |
3rd person singular | kwënakwsu |
1st person plural inclusive | nkëkwënakwsihëna |
1st person plural exclusive | këkwënakwsihëna |
2nd person plural | këkwënakwsihëmo |
3rd person plural | kwënakwsuwàk |
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editReferences
edit- Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “kwënakwsu”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project