alukalkwësi

Unami

Etymology

From alukala (to employ) +‎ -ësi (animate intransitive verb suffix).

Verb

alukalkwësi (VAI (animate-subject intransitive))

  1. to be employed

Conjugation

present indicative conjugation of alukalkwësi
alukalkwësi
1st person singular nalukalkwësi
2nd person singular kalukalkwësi
3rd person singular alukalkwësu
1st person plural inclusive nalukalkwësihëna
1st person plural exclusive kalukalkwësihëna
2nd person plural kalukalkwësihëmo
3rd person plural alukalkwësuwàk

Derived terms

References

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