nimahtës

Unami

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *niᐧmata (“my brother”).

Noun

nimahtës anim

1. first-person singular pos of imahtës (“a man's brother”)

possessives of nimahtës

	singular	plural
1st person	nimahtës	inclusive nimahtësëna; exclusive kimahtësëna
2nd person	kimahtës	[Term?]
3rd person	wimahtësa	[Term?]

See also

• wtënuyëma (“his brother”)
• xònsa (“his/her elder brother”)
• xwisëmësa (“his/her younger brother”)

References

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