-shis

Unami

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Likely inherited.”)

Noun

-shis anim (noun-forming suffix, first-singular possessive nshis, vocative shësa)

  1. One's maternal uncle; the brother of one's mother.

Conjugation

conjugation of -shis
-shis
1st person singular nshis
2nd person singular kshis
3rd person singular [Term?]
1st person plural inclusive [Term?]
1st person plural exclusive [Term?]
2nd person plural [Term?]
3rd person plural [Term?]

References

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