kchi

Abenaki

Etymology

from the same root as the Eastern Abnaki (Penobscot) ktci

Adjective

kchi

1. big, great

   kchi sibo

   great, big river

   kchi nebesal

   great lakes

Unami

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

kchi (Present indicative plural collective kchultuwàk) (animate intransitive)

1. (animate, intransitive) he/she goes out

present indicative conjugation of kchi

kchi
1st person singular	nkëchi
2nd person singular	këchi
3rd person singular	kchi
1st person plural inclusive	[Term?]
1st person plural exclusive	kchihëna
2nd person plural	kchihëmo
3rd person plural	kchiyòk

Related terms

• kochëmink
• kchihëlalao
• kchinkwehële
• kchilahsu

References

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