kaxksi

Unami

Etymology

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Verb

kaxksi (VAI (animate-subject intransitive), inanimate equivalent kaxkte)

  1. To be dehydrated, to be thirsty.

Conjugation

present indicative conjugation of kaxksi
kaxksi
1st person singular nkaxksi
2nd person singular kaxksi
3rd person singular kaxksu
1st person plural inclusive [Term?]
1st person plural exclusive [Term?]
2nd person plural [Term?]
3rd person plural [Term?]
  • kaxkapàn (dry weather)
  • kaxksa (to dry someone else)

Further reading

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