nkahès
Unami
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Algonquian *nekya (“my mother”). Cognate with Malecite-Passamaquoddy nikuwoss (“my mother”), Munsee ngúk (“my mother”), Ojibwe ninga (“my mother”), Menominee nekiah (“my mother”), Penobscot nikáwəss (“my mother”), Cree ᓂᑳᐃᐧᕀ (nikaaiyy, “my mother”), Northern East Cree ᓂᑳᐧᐄ (nikaayii, “my mother”).
Noun
editnkahès
- first-person singular possessed of kahès (“mother”)
Inflection
editpossessives of nkahès
References
edit- Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “nkahès”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project