xahinakwsi
Unami
Etymology
From xahi (“bad, ugly”) + -inakwsi (“to seem”).
Verb
xahinakwsi (VAI (animate-subject intransitive))
- To look ugly.
Conjugation
| xahinakwsi | |
|---|---|
| 1st person singular | nxahinakwsi |
| 2nd person singular | kxahinakwsi |
| 3rd person singular | xahinakwsu |
| 1st person plural inclusive | [Term?] |
| 1st person plural exclusive | [Term?] |
| 2nd person plural | [Term?] |
| 3rd person plural | [Term?] |
Derived terms
- xahinakwsëwakàn (“ugliness”, as in an ugly state of affairs)
- xahinakwshishi (“to be old and ugly”)
- xahinakwsit (“an uggo, an ugly person”)
References
- Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005), “nxahinakwsi”, in Grant Leneaux, Raymond Whritenour, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project
- Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005), “kxahinakwsi”, in Grant Leneaux, Raymond Whritenour, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project
- Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005), “xahinakwsu”, in Grant Leneaux, Raymond Whritenour, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project