kwisa
Unami edit
Etymology edit
Cognate with Munsee kwíssal (“his/her son”), Ojibwe ogozisan (“his/her son”), Ojibwe ogwizisan (“his/her son”), Mi'kmaq uggwisl (“his/her son”), Malecite-Passamaquoddy 'qossol (“his/her son”), Southern East Cree ᐅᑯᓴ (okosa, “his/her son”), Northern East Cree ᐅᑯᓯᔅᐦ (okosish, “his/her son”), Montagnais ukussa (“his/her son”), Atikamekw okosa (“his/her son”).
Noun edit
kwisa (diminutive kwitët)
- third-person singular pos of kwis (“son”)
possessives of kwisa
Derived terms edit
References edit
- Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “kwisa”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project