màxksi

Unami

Etymology

By surface analysis, màxke inan (“to be red”) +‎ -ësi anim. Compare Proto-Algonquian *meçkwesiwa. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

màxksi (VAI (animate-subject intransitive))

  1. to be red

Conjugation

present indicative conjugation of màxksi
màxksi
1st person singular nëmàxksi
2nd person singular këmàxksi
3rd person singular màxksu
1st person plural inclusive nëmàxksihëna
1st person plural exclusive këmàxksihëna
2nd person plural këmàxksihëmo
3rd person plural màxksuwàk

See also

Colors in Unami · [Term?] (layout · text)
    
    
  • wipunkw- (root)
  • wipunkwe inan
  • wipunkwsi anim
     
            
            
            
            
  • [Term?] inan
  • [Term?] anim
             
            
                                      
  • aone inan
  • aonsi anim
            
  • wisahkimikte inan
  • wisakimikwsi anim
             
            
  • màxkikte inan
  • [Term?] anim

References

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