këntke

Unami

Etymology

From

  • /këntka/ : to dance
  • /-w/ : 3rd person suffix

Verb

këntke (VAI (animate-subject intransitive), third plural indicative këntkeyok, third singular conjunct këntkat, third singular with reduplication kèhkëntke)

  1. he/she dances

Conjugation

present indicative conjugation of këntke
këntke
1st person singular nkëntka
2nd person singular këntka
3rd person singular këntke
1st person plural inclusive nkëntkahëna
1st person plural exclusive këntkahëna
2nd person plural këntkahëmo
3rd person plural këntkeyok
Imperatives
këntke Imperative
2nd person singular [Term?]
2nd person plural këntkakw
1st person plural këntkatàm

References

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