kwishkshëmën

Unami

Etymology

From

• /w-/: third person prefix
• /kishkshëm/: to cut it
• /-n/: inanimate

From Proto-Algonquian *kiᐧškešamwa. Cognate with Ojibwe giishkizhan.

Verb

kwishkshëmën (transitive inanimate)

1. (transitive, inanimate) he cuts it

Conjugation

Conjugation of kwishkshëmën

present indicative	positive
1st person singular	nkishkshëmën
2nd person singular	kishkshëmën
3rd person singular	kwishkshëmën
1st person plural inclusive	kishkshëmënèn
1st person plural exclusive	nkishkshëmënèn
2nd person plural	kishkshëmëneyo
3rd person plural	kwishkshëmëneyo

References

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