ninkëminakòt

Unami

Etymology

From ninkëmi (“be cute”, preverb) +‎ -na (“to see”, verb medial) +‎ -ëkw- (“inverts subject and object”, inverse theme marker) +‎ -at (final).

Verb

ninkëminakòt (inanimate intransitive)

1. (inanimate, intransitive) it looks cute

Related terms

• ninkëminakwsu vai

References

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