niske

Lower Sorbian

Adjective

niske

  1. inflection of niski:
    1. neuter nominative/accusative singular
    2. nominative/accusative plural

Unami

Etymology

Cognate with Mohegan-Pequot nuskinôqat (“it is dirty”), Munsee níiskeew (“it is dirty”), Penobscot nə́skikən.

  • /nisk/: dirty
  • /e/: makes word a verb
  • /-w/ (suffix): third person suffix

Verb

niske (VII (inanimate-subject intransitive), third plural indicative niskeyo, third singular conjunct niskèk)

  1. it is dirty
  • nisksu (animate intransitive verb)
  • wëniskënëmën (transitive inanimate verb)
  • wëniskënao (transitive animate verb)

References

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