wënsasu

Unami

Etymology

Cognate with Ojibwe onzigaazo (“it is boiled”), Munsee wunzáasuw (“it is boiled”).

  • /wën-/:to boil
  • /-sasi-/: passive (subject undergoes action by someone)
  • /-w/ (suffix): third person suffix

Verb

wënsasu (VAI (animate-subject intransitive), third plural indicative wënsasuwàk)

  1. he/she/it is boiled

References

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