ninkeminakwsu

Unami

Etymology

From ninkëmi (“be cute”, preverb) +‎ -na (“to see”, verb medial) +‎ -ëkw- (“inverts subject and object”, inverse theme marker) +‎ -ësi (verb final) +‎ -w (“third person”, suffix).

Noun

ninkëminakwsu (plural ninkëminakwsuwàk, animate intransitive)

  1. he / she is cute

References

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