wëskahpu

Unami

Etymology

  • /wësk-/ : new
  • /ahpi-/ (stem) : be here
  • /-w/ (suffix): third person suffix

Verb

wëskahpu (third plural indicative wëskahpuwàk, third plural conjunct wëskahpit) (animate intransitive)

  1. (animate, intransitive) he/she is newly born, was born

Conjugation

References

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