tònkamën

Unami

Etymology

From

  • /w-/ third person prefix (metathesizes with /t-/, and the resulting /wá/ is realized as /ò/.
  • /tànkam/ : to stab it
  • /-ne/ : inanimate suffix

Verb

tònkamën inan

  1. (transitive) third-person present indicative of tànkamën: To be stabbing.

Conjugation

present indicative conjugation of tònkamën
tànkamën
1st person singular ntànkamën
2nd person singular ktànkamën
3rd person singular tònkamën
1st person plural inclusive ntànkamënèn
1st person plural exclusive ktànkamënèn
2nd person plural ktànkamëneyo
3rd person plural tònkamëneyo

References

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