kchi

Abenaki

Etymology

from the same root as the Eastern Abnaki (Penobscot) ktci

Adjective

kchi

  1. big, great
    kchi sibo
    great, big river
    kchi nebesal
    great lakes

Unami

Etymology

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Verb

kchi (VAI (animate-subject intransitive), present indicative plural collective kchultuwàk)

  1. he/she goes out

Conjugation

present indicative conjugation of kchi
kchi
1st person singular nkëchi
2nd person singular këchi
3rd person singular kchi
1st person plural inclusive [Term?]
1st person plural exclusive kchihëna
2nd person plural kchihëmo
3rd person plural kchiyòk

References

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