nihëlàchi

Unami

Etymology 1

Pronoun

nihëlàchi

  1. oneself
Conjugation
pronominal conjugation of nihëlàchi
nihëlàchi
1st person singular nihëlàchi
2nd person singular kënihëlàchi
3rd person singular nihëlàchi
1st person plural inclusive [Term?]
1st person plural exclusive [Term?]
2nd person plural [Term?]
3rd person plural [Term?]

Etymology 2

By surface analysis, n- (first-person) +‎ nihëlàchi (“onself”).

Pronoun

nihëlàchi

  1. myself
Conjugation
pronominal conjugation of nihëlàchi
nihëlàchi
1st person singular nihëlàchi
2nd person singular kënihëlàchi
3rd person singular nihëlàchi
1st person plural inclusive [Term?]
1st person plural exclusive [Term?]
2nd person plural [Term?]
3rd person plural [Term?]

Etymology 3

By surface analysis, nihëlàchi (“oneself”) +‎ -w (third-person).

Pronoun

nihëlàchi

  1. themself, himself, herself
    Synonym: hòkaya
Conjugation
pronominal conjugation of nihëlàchi
nihëlàchi
1st person singular nihëlàchi
2nd person singular kënihëlàchi
3rd person singular nihëlàchi
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) “nihëlàchi”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project
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