pëmawsu
Unami edit
Etymology edit
- /pëm-/ (preverb) : by, along
- /-aw-/ (medial): way of being, life, character, nature
- /-ësi/ (final): verb
- /-w/ (suffix): third person suffix
Verb edit
pëmawsu (third plural indicative pëmawsuwàk, participle pëmawsit) (animate intransitive)
- (animate, intransitive) he/she lives, is living, is alive
Derived terms edit
References edit
- Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “pëmawsu”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project