Unami edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Algonquian *wesaᐧwyaᐧwi (to be yellow). Cognate with Ojibwe ozaawaa (it is yellow), Mohegan-Pequot wisôwáyuw (it is yellow), Massachusett weesóe (it is yellow).

Verb edit

wisae (plural wisaeyo)

  1. third-person singular present indicative active of wisae (to be yellow (inanimate))
    wisae yu ahsën.
    This rock is yellow.

Related terms edit

References edit

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