shakwsi

Unami

Etymology

By surface analysis, shakw- (“stingy”) +‎ -ësi (“to be”).

Verb

shakwsi (VAI (animate-subject intransitive), negative shakwsii)

  1. To be stingy.

Conjugation

present indicative conjugation of shakwsi
shakwsi
1st person singular nshakwsi
2nd person singular kshakwsi
3rd person singular shakwsu
1st person plural inclusive nshakwsihëna
1st person plural exclusive kshakwsihëna
2nd person plural kshakwsihëmo
3rd person plural shakwsuwàk

Derived terms

  • shakwsëwakàn
  • shakwsit

References

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