Unami
Etymology
- /patama/ : pray
- /-w/ (suffix): third person suffix
Cognate with Massachusett peantam (“he prays”).
Verb
patama (VAI (animate-subject intransitive), third plural indicative patamaok)
- he/she prays
Declension
present indicative conjugation of patama
| patama
|
|
| 1st person singular
|
mpatàma
|
| 2nd person singular
|
kpatàma
|
| 3rd person singular
|
patama
|
| 1st person plural inclusive
|
mpatamahëna
|
| 1st person plural exclusive
|
kpatamahëna
|
| 2nd person plural
|
kpatamahëmo
|
| 3rd person plural
|
patamaok
|
present conjunct conjugation of patama
| patama
|
|
| 1st person singular
|
[Term?]
|
| 2nd person singular
|
[Term?]
|
| 3rd person singular
|
patamat
|
| 1st person plural inclusive
|
patamaènkw
|
| 1st person plural exclusive
|
patamaènkw
|
| 2nd person plural
|
patamaèkw
|
| 3rd person plural
|
patamahtit
|
Future conjugation of patama
| patama
|
|
| 1st person singular
|
mpatamàch or xu mpatàma
|
| 2nd person singular
|
kpatamàch or xu kpatàma
|
| 3rd person singular
|
patamàch or xu patama
|
| 1st person plural inclusive
|
patamahënàch or xu mpatamahëna
|
| 1st person plural exclusive
|
patamahënàch or xu kpatamahëna
|
| 2nd person plural
|
patamahëmòch or xu kpatamahëmo
|
| 3rd person plural
|
patamaòkch or xu patamaok
|
References
- Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005), “patama”, in Grant Leneaux, Raymond Whritenour, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project