wishëksi

Unami

Etymology

From wishëk- (“one's best”) +‎ -ësi (“to be, to be doing”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wiːˈʃəːksiː/
  • Rhymes: -əːksiː

Verb

wishëksi (VAI (animate-subject intransitive))

  1. To be doing one's best, to be give it one's all.

Conjugation

present indicative conjugation of wishëksi
wishëksi
1st person singular nëwishëksi
2nd person singular këwishëksi
3rd person singular wishëksu
1st person plural inclusive nëwishëksihëna
1st person plural exclusive këwishëksihëna
2nd person plural këwishëksihëmo
3rd person plural wishëksuwàk

Derived terms

References

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