nkwis
Unami
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Algonquian *nekwiʔsa (“my son”). Synchronically analyzable as:
Cognate with Munsee ngwíssus (“my son”), Ojibwe ningozis (“my son”), Ojibwe ningwizis (“my son”), Mi'kmaq ngwiss (“my son”), Malecite-Passamaquoddy nqoss (“my son”), Cree ᓂᑯᓯᐢ (nikosis, “my son”), Southern East Cree ᓂᑯᔅ (nikos, “my son”), Northern East Cree ᓂᑯᓯᔅ (nikosis, “my son”), Montagnais nikuss (“my son”), Fox nekwitha (“my son”).
Noun
editnkwis (diminutive nkwitët, vocative nkwistuk, plural nkwisàk, absentative nkwisa)
- (dependent noun) first-person singular pos of kwis (“son”) my son
possessives of nkwis
Usage notes
editDependent noun stems cannot be used without prefixes or suffixes.
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “nkwis”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project