ahpu

See also: ahpʉ

Jingpho

Noun

ahpu

  1. elder brother

Alternative forms

  • kahpu

Unami

Etymology

  • /ahpi-/ (stem) : be here
  • /-w/ (suffix): third person suffix

Cognate with Munsee apúw (he/she is here, there).

Verb

ahpu (VAI (animate-subject intransitive), third plural indicative ahpuwàk, third singular conjunct ahpit)

  1. to be present, to be there, to exist (of an animate subject)

Conjugation

present indicative conjugation of ahpu
ahpu
1st person singular ntàpi
2nd person singular ktàpi
3rd person singular ahpu
1st person plural inclusive ktàpihëna
1st person plural exclusive ntàpihëna
2nd person plural ktàpihëmo
3rd person plural ahpuwàk
present conjunct conjugation of ahpu
ahpu
1st person singular ahpia
2nd person singular ahpiàn
3rd person singular ahpit
1st person plural inclusive [Term?]
1st person plural exclusive [Term?]
2nd person plural ahpièkw
3rd person plural ahpihtit
present subjunctive conjugation of ahpu
ahpu
1st person singular [Term?]
2nd person singular ahpiàne
3rd person singular ahpite
1st person plural inclusive [Term?]
1st person plural exclusive [Term?]
2nd person plural ahpièkwe
3rd person plural ahpihtite
future conjugation of ahpu
ahpu
1st person singular ntàpìch or xu ntàpi
2nd person singular ktàpìch or xu ktàpi
3rd person singular xu ahpu
1st person plural inclusive ktàpihënàch or xu ktàpihëna
1st person plural exclusive ntàpihënàch or xu ntàpihëna
2nd person plural ktàpihëmòch or xu ktàpihëmo
3rd person plural xu ahpuwàk
changed conjunct conjugation of ahpu
ahpu
1st person singular èpia
2nd person singular èpiàn
3rd person singular èpit
1st person plural inclusive èpiènkw
1st person plural exclusive èpiènkw
2nd person plural èpièkw
3rd person plural èpihtit
subordinative conjugation of ahpu
ahpu
1st person singular [Term?]
2nd person singular [Term?]
3rd person singular tòpin
1st person plural inclusive ktàpinèn
1st person plural exclusive ntàpinèn
2nd person plural ktàpineyo
3rd person plural tòpineyo

Derived terms

  • ehahpink
  • ehahpu
  • kàntahpu
  • këlamahpu
  • lëmatahpu
  • mata ahpit
  • mhitahpu
  • nehënaonkèsahpu
  • pèmahpu
  • shinkahpu
  • winkahpu
  • wëlahpu
  • wëskahpu
  • èhahpit

References

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