wënsu

Unami

Etymology

Cognate with Ojibwe onzo (“he/she/it is boiling”), Munsee wúnzuw (“he/she is boiling”).

  • /wën/: to boil
  • /-ësi-/: animate intransitive
  • /-w/ (suffix): third person suffix

Verb

wënsu (VAI (animate-subject intransitive), third plural indicative wënsuwàk, participle wënsit)

  1. he/she/it is boiling, boils

Usage notes

  • refers to any animate noun, such as an animal

References

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