wënsasu

Unami

Etymology

Cognate with Ojibwe onzigaazo (“it is boiled”), Munsee wunzáasuw (“it is boiled”).

• /wën-/:to boil
• /-sasi-/: passive (subject undergoes action by someone)
• /-w/ (suffix): third person suffix

Verb

wënsasu anim (plural wënsasuwàk) (vai)

1. (animate, intransitive) he/she/it is boiled

Related terms

• wënte (vii)
• wënsu (vai)
• wënsëmën (vti)
• wënsao (vta)
• palishpète
• kshësasu
• linksasu
• lusasu
• salàsasu
• wëlësasu

References

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