pësëm

See also: pesem

Unami

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Algonquian *pensenliwa (to have something in one's eye).

Verb

pësëm (VAI (animate-subject intransitive))

  1. To have something in one's eye; to have a foreign object in one's eye.

Conjugation

conjugation of pësëm
pësëm
1st person singular mpësëm
2nd person singular kpësëm
3rd person singular [Term?]
1st person plural inclusive mpësëmahëna
1st person plural exclusive kpësëmahëma
2nd person plural kpësëmahëmo
3rd person plural pësëmuk

References

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