xùkwine

Unami

Etymology

By surface analysis, xùkw (to cough) +‎ -ine (to be sick).

Verb

xùkwine (VAI (animate-subject intransitive))

  1. To have a cough (a disease which causes frequent coughing).

Derived terms

References

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