kwisa

See also: Kwisa and Kwisą

Unami

Etymology

Cognate with Munsee kwíssal (“his/her son”), Ojibwe ogozisan (“his/her son”), Ojibwe ogwizisan (“his/her son”), Mi'kmaq uggwisl (“his/her son”), Malecite-Passamaquoddy 'qossol (“his/her son”), Southern East Cree ᐅᑯᓴ (okosa, “his/her son”), Northern East Cree ᐅᑯᓯᔅᐦ (okosish, “his/her son”), Montagnais ukussa (“his/her son”), Atikamekw okosa (“his/her son”).

Noun

kwisa (diminutive kwitët)

(dependent noun)third-person singular pos of kwis (“son”)

possessives of kwisa
	singular	plural
1st person	nkwis	inclusive kwisëna; exclusive nkwisëna
2nd person	kwis	kwisëwa
3rd person	kwisa	kwisëwoo

Usage notes

Dependent noun stems cannot be used without prefixes or suffixes.

Derived terms

kèkait nkwis
tenksisit nkwis
wèkwisit
wèkwisu

References

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