amwi

Unami

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Algonquian [Term?]. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

amwi (VAI (animate-subject intransitive))

  1. To get up, to be getting up.
    Synonym: pahsùkwi

Conjugation

present indicative conjugation of amwi
amwi
1st person singular ntamwi
2nd person singular ktamwi
3rd person singular amu
1st person plural inclusive ntamwihëna
1st person plural exclusive ktamwihëna
2nd person plural ktamwihëmo
3rd person plural amuwàk

Derived terms

  • amwin

References

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