nkwis

From Proto-Algonquian *nekwiʔsa (“my son”). Synchronically analyzable as:

• /n-/: 1st person singular possessive prefix
• /-kwis-: son

Cognate with Munsee ngwíssus (“my son”), Ojibwe ningozis (“my son”), Ojibwe ningwizis (“my son”), Mi'kmaq ngwiss (“my son”), Malecite-Passamaquoddy nqoss (“my son”), Cree ᓂᑯᓯᐢ (nikosis, “my son”), Southern East Cree ᓂᑯᔅ (nikos, “my son”), Northern East Cree ᓂᑯᓯᔅ (nikosis, “my son”), Montagnais nikuss (“my son”), Fox nekwitha (“my son”).

nkwis (diminutive nkwitët, vocative nkwistuk, plural nkwisàk, absentative nkwisa)

1. (dependent noun) first-person singular pos of kwis (“son”) my son

Dependent noun stems cannot be used without prefixes or suffixes.

• kèkait nkwis
• tenksisit nkwis
• wèkwisit
• wèkwisu

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