ànkahchi

Unami

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Algonquian *nenenkačiwa (to shiver from the cold).

Verb

ànkahchi (VAI (animate-subject intransitive))

  1. To be shivering from being cold.

Conjugation

present indicative conjugation of ànkahchi
ànkahchi
1st person singular nànkahchi
2nd person singular kànkahchi
3rd person singular ànkahchu
1st person plural inclusive nànkahchihëna
1st person plural exclusive kànkahchihëna
2nd person plural kànkahchihëmo
3rd person plural ànkahchuwàk

References

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