shëshkòmwi

Unami

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Algonquian *ša·ʔša·kwame·wa (“to chew”).

Verb

shëshkòmwi (VAI (animate-subject intransitive))

  1. To chew, to be chewing.

Conjugation

conjugation of shëshkòmwi
shëshkòmwi
1st person singular nshëshkòmwi
2nd person singular kshëshkòmwi
3rd person singular shëshkòmu
1st person plural inclusive nshëshkòmwihëna
1st person plural exclusive kshëshkòmwihëna
2nd person plural kshëshkòmwihëmo
3rd person plural shëshkòmwiyòk

References

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