nisksu

Unami

Etymology

Cognate with Mohegan-Pequot nuskinôqusu (“he/she is dirty”), Munsee níisksuw (“he/she is dirty”), Penobscot nə̀skiko (“he is dirty”), Massachusett nishkeneunkqussu (“he is dirty”).

  • /nisk/: dirty
  • /ësi/: animate intransitive
  • /-w/ (suffix): third person suffix

Verb

nisksu (VAI (animate-subject intransitive), third plural indicative nisksuwàk, participle nisksit, participle plural nisksichik)

  1. he/she is dirty

Derived terms

  • nehënisksit
  • niskahkëlune
  • niskahkëluneokàn
  • niskalamwi
  • niskalhùkwe
  • niskalukasu
  • niskamehële
  • niskapehële
  • niskhukwèpu
  • niski
  • niskinakwsu
  • niskinakòt
  • niskipukòt
  • niskixën
  • niskpàtun
  • niskpèkàt
  • nisktunhe
  • nisktunheokàn
  • nisktëlinkwe
  • niskuxwe
  • niskàntàmën
  • niskënchu
  • niskënulhànt
  • niskìnu
  • niske (inanimate intransitive verb)

References

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