wëlimakwsu

Unami

Etymology

• /wël-/: good
• /-makw-/: to smell
• /-ësi/ (final): verb
• /-w/ (suffix): third person suffix

Cognate with Munsee wiingiimákwsuw (“he smells good”), Malecite-Passamaquoddy wolimahsu (“he smells good”), Menominee wīhkemyakosew (“he smells good”).

Verb

wëlimakwsu (third plural indicative wëlimakwsuwàk, participle wëlimakwsit, negative ku wëlimakwsii) (animate intransitive)

1. (animate, intransitive) he/she smells good

Conjugation

present indicative conjugation of wëlimakwsu

wëlimakwsu
1st person singular	nulimakwsi
2nd person singular	kulimakwsi
3rd person singular	wëlimakwsu
1st person plural inclusive	nulimakwsihëna
1st person plural exclusive	kulimakwsihëna
2nd person plural	kulimakwsihëmo
3rd person plural	wëlimakwsuwàk

Related terms

• winkimakwsu
• mahchimakwsu
• chimakwsu
• xahimakwsu

References

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