linksasu

Unami

Etymology

From

  • /link/: to melt
  • /-asi-/: passive (subject undergoes action by someone)
  • /-w/ (suffix): third person suffix

Cognate with Munsee lungsáasuw (“it is melted”).

Verb

linksasu (VII (inanimate-subject intransitive))

  1. it is melted, it has been thawed
  • linkte (inanimate intransitive verb)
  • linksu (animate intransitive verb)
  • wëlinksëmën (transitive inanimate verb)

References

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