kwënësi

Unami

Alternative forms

  • kwënusi

Etymology

From kwëni (“long”) +‎ -ësi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kwəˈnəːsiː/
  • Rhymes: -əːsiː

Verb

kwënësi (VAI (animate-subject intransitive), inanimate equivalent kwëne)

  1. to be long

Conjugation

present indicative conjugation of kwënësi
kwënësi
1st person singular [Term?]
2nd person singular [Term?]
3rd person singular kwënësu
1st person plural inclusive [Term?]
1st person plural exclusive [Term?]
2nd person plural [Term?]
3rd person plural kwënësuwàk
  • kwènèk (“something which is long”)

References

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