mikëmòsi

Unami

Etymology

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Verb

mikëmòsi (VAI (animate-subject intransitive), future mikëmòsìch)

  1. To be working (performing laborious acts)
    • 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 garden of various things; beans, lettuce and corn.

Conjugation

present indicative conjugation of mikëmòsi
mikëmòsi
1st person singular nëmikëmòsi
2nd person singular këmikëmòsi
3rd person singular mikëmòsu
1st person plural inclusive nëmikëmòsihëna
1st person plural exclusive këmikëmòsihëna
2nd person plural këmikëmòsihëmo
3rd person plural mikëmòsuwàk

Derived terms

References

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