nkahès

Unami

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *nekya (“my mother”). Cognate with Malecite-Passamaquoddy nikuwoss (“my mother”), Munsee ngúk (“my mother”), Ojibwe ninga (“my mother”), Menominee nekiah (“my mother”), Penobscot nikáwəss (“my mother”), Cree ᓂᑳᐃᐧᕀ (nikaaiyy, “my mother”), Northern East Cree ᓂᑳᐧᐄ (nikaayii, “my mother”).

Noun

nkahès

  1. (dependent noun) first-person singular possessed of kahès (“mother”)

Usage notes

Dependent noun stems cannot be used without prefixes or suffixes.

Inflection

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

References

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