pëmawsuwakàn

Unami

Alternative forms

• pëmawsëwakàn

Etymology

From

• /pëmawsi/ (root): to live
• /-wakàn/ (suffix): nominalizer

Cognate with Malecite-Passamaquoddy pomawsuwakon (“life”), Munsee pŭmaawsuwáakan (“life”), Menominee pemātesen (“life”), Cree ᐱᒫᑎᓯᐃᐧᐣ (pimaatisiiyn)/pimâtisiwin (“life”), Ojibwe bimaadiziwin (“life”).

Noun

pëmawsuwakàn inan

1. life, living
2. the state of being alive

References

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