malàxkwsit

Unami

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *maškweči·hsa (“bean”). Cognate with Munsee maalaxkwsiit (“bean”), Mohegan-Pequot masqusit (“bean”), Menominee maskūcīhsaeh (“bean”).

Noun

malàxkwsit inan (plural malàxkwsita)

  1. bean
    • Nora Thompson Dean, “Na Òkwës Òk Na Chëmamës Achimëwakàn [The Fox and The Rabbit Story]”, in Lenape Talking Dictionary‎[1]:
      Nkëme mikëmòsu, èshi sikònk hakihe, mësi kèku; malàxkwsita, èhàskàntasik, òk xàskwim.
      He would always work, and every spring he would make a garden of various things; beans, lettuce and corn.

Conjugation

possessive plural conjugation of malàxkwsit
kwëtki
1st person singular nëmalàxkwsita
2nd person singular [Term?]
3rd person singular mòlàxkwsitëm
1st person plural inclusive [Term?]
1st person plural exclusive [Term?]
2nd person plural [Term?]
3rd person plural [Term?]

Derived terms

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