òtaès

Unami

Etymology

From òtaèwi (to bloom) +‎ -s (nominalizing suffix).

Noun

òtaès anim (plural òtaèsàk, third-singular possessive wòtaèsëm)

  1. flower

Conjugation

possessives of òtaès
singular plural
1st person notaèsëm inclusive kotaèsëmëna;
exclusive notaèsëmëna
2nd person kotaèsëm kotaèsëmëwa
3rd person wòtaèsëm wòtaèsëmëwoo

Derived terms

See also

References

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