kahès

See also: kahes

Unami

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *kya (“mother”).

Noun

kahès anim (plural [Term?], obviative kahèsa, adjectival kohèsi)

  1. (dependent noun) mother

Inflection

possessive conjugation of kahès
kahès
1st person singular nkahès
2nd person singular kahès
3rd person singular kòhèsa
1st person plural inclusive kahèsëna
1st person plural exclusive nkahèsëna
2nd person plural kahèsëwa
3rd person plural kohèsëwoo

Derived terms

  • Kahèsëna Hàki (“Mother Earth”)
  • Kahèsëna Xàskwim (“Mother Corn”)
  • kohèsi aholtëwakàn (“mother's love”)
  • wèkahèsin / wèkahèsit (“someone who is a mother”)

See also

  • àna (“mother”, vocative), ànati (“dear mother”, formal vocative)
  • piitàkw (“stepmother”)
  • sùkwis (“mother-in-law”)
  • uhëm (“grandmother”)

References

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