mëkisi

Unami

Etymology

By surface analysis, mëki (“scab, sore”) +‎ -ësi (“to be”).

Verb

mëkisi (VAI (animate-subject intransitive))

  1. to have sores, to be scab-ridden

Conjugation

present indicative conjugation of mëkisi
mëkisi
1st person singular [Term?]
2nd person singular [Term?]
3rd person singular mëkisu
1st person plural inclusive [Term?]
1st person plural exclusive [Term?]
2nd person plural [Term?]
3rd person plural [Term?]

Synonyms

  • mëkihasi (“to have sores”, animate intransitive verb)
  • (near-synonym) mëmkihsi (“to have many sores; to be pimply”)

References

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