wëskahpu

Unami

Etymology

  • /wësk-/ : new
  • /ahpi-/ (stem) : be here
  • /-w/ (suffix): third person suffix

Verb

wëskahpu (VAI (animate-subject intransitive), third plural indicative wëskahpuwàk, third singular conjunct wëskahpit)

  1. to be newly born, to be born

Conjugation

present indicative conjugation of wëskahpu
wëskahpu
1st person singular nëwëskahpi
2nd person singular këwëskahpi
3rd person singular wëskahpu
1st person plural inclusive këwëskahpihëna
1st person plural exclusive nëwëskahpihëna
2nd person plural këwëskahpihëmo
3rd person plural wëskahpuwàk
present conjunct conjugation of wëskahpu
wëskahpu
1st person singular wëskahpia
2nd person singular wëskahpiàn
3rd person singular wëskahpit
1st person plural inclusive wëskahpiànkw
1st person plural exclusive wëskahpiènk
2nd person plural wëskahpièkw
3rd person plural wëskahpihtit
present subjunctive conjugation of wëskahpu
wëskahpu
1st person singular wëskahpiane
2nd person singular wëskahpiàne
3rd person singular wëskahpite
1st person plural inclusive wëskahpiànkwe
1st person plural exclusive wëskahpiènke
2nd person plural wëskahpièkwe
3rd person plural wëskahpihtite

References

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