nisksu

Unami

Etymology

Cognate with Mohegan-Pequot nuskinôqusu (“he/she is dirty”), Munsee níisksuw (“he/she is dirty”), Penobscot nə̀skiko (“he is dirty”), Massachusett nishkeneunkqussu (“he is dirty”).

• /nisk/: dirty
• /ësi/: animate intransitive
• /-w/ (suffix): third person suffix

Verb

nisksu anim (plural nisksuwàk, participle nisksit, plural participle nisksichik) (vai)

1. (animate, intransitive) he/she is dirty

Derived terms

• nehënisksit
• niskahkëlune
• niskahkëluneokàn
• niskalamwi
• niskalhùkwe
• niskalukasu
• niskamehële
• niskapehële
• niskhukwèpu
• niski
• niskinakwsu
• niskinakòt
• niskipukòt
• niskixën
• niskpàtun
• niskpèkàt
• nisktunhe
• nisktunheokàn
• nisktëlinkwe
• niskuxwe
• niskàntàmën
• niskënchu
• niskënulhànt
• niskìnu

 

Related terms

• niske (vii)

References

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