mënànchi

Unami

Etymology

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Noun

mënànchi ? (locative mënànchiyunk)

  1. left hand
  2. left (direction)
    Mënànchi hate në lòyèsikaon.
    The lawyer's house is on the left.

Verb

mënànchi (VAI (animate-subject intransitive))

  1. to be left-handed

Conjugation

present indicative conjugation of mënànchi
mënànchi
1st person singular nëmënànchi
2nd person singular [Term?]
3rd person singular mënànchii
1st person plural inclusive [Term?]
1st person plural exclusive [Term?]
2nd person plural [Term?]
3rd person plural [Term?]

Derived terms

  • mënànchënëmën (“to left-hand it; to handle using the left hand”)
  • amemànchi (“on the left; left-handedly”)

References

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