kwëtamàlsi

Unami

Etymology

From [Term?] +‎ amàlsi (“to feel”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

kwëtamàlsi (VAI (animate-subject intransitive))

  1. to know how it feels; to sympathize or empathize, to be sympathetic or empathetic

Conjugation

present indicative conjugation of kwëtamàlsi
kwëtamàlsi
1st person singular nkwëtamàlsi
2nd person singular kwëtamàlsi
3rd person singular kwëtamàlsu
1st person plural inclusive nkwëtamàlsihëna
1st person plural exclusive kwëtamàlsihëna
2nd person plural kwëtamàlsihëmo
3rd person plural kwëtamàlsuwàk
  • In the second person, the k- prefix is elided.

References

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