xinkwtëlinkwe

Unami

Etymology

By surface analysis, xinkw- (“big, large”) +‎ -tëlinkw (“face”, root final) +‎ -e (verb suffix).

Verb

xinkwtëlinkwe (VAI (animate-subject intransitive))

  1. to have a large face; to be large-faced
    Antonym: tànktëlinkwe

Declension

present indicative conjugation of xinkwtëlinkwe
xinkwtëlinkwe
1st person singular [Term?]
2nd person singular [Term?]
3rd person singular xinkwtëlinkwe
1st person plural inclusive [Term?]
1st person plural exclusive [Term?]
2nd person plural [Term?]
3rd person plural [Term?]

References

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