ninkeminakwsu

Unami

Etymology

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

Noun

ninkëminakwsu (plural ninkëminakwsuwàk, animate intransitive)

he / she is cute

Related terms

ninkëminakòt vii

References

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