wisi

wisi

1. (Banawá) to cut

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

• IPA^(key): /ˈvi.ɕi/
• Rhymes: -iɕi
• Syllabification: wi‧si

wisi

1. third-person singular present of wisieć

From English witch.

wisi

1. witchcraft

wisi

1. to hex, to bewitch

Inherited from Proto-Algonquian *wi·si (“belly fat”). Compare wilsu (“fat”, noun) and Proto-Algonquian *wi·lenwiwa anim (“to be fat”).

wisi (VAI (animate-subject intransitive))

1. To be fat.

• Not to be confused with wisuwi (“to be fatty”), said of an animal or its meat.

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