shakwsu

Unami

Etymology

• /shakwësi/ : be stingy
• /-w/ (suffix): third person suffix

Verb

shakwsu (third plural indicative shakwsuwàk, participle shakwsit, negative shakwsii) (animate intransitive)

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

Derived terms

• shakwsëwakàn

References

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