xahinakwsi

Unami

Etymology

From xahi (bad, ugly) +‎ -inakwsi (to seem).

Verb

xahinakwsi (VAI (animate-subject intransitive))

  1. To look ugly.

Conjugation

conjugation of xahinakwsi
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