kwënakwsu

Unami

Etymology

• /kwënakw/: to be tall
• /-ësi/ (final): animate intransitive
• /-w/ (suffix): third person suffix

Cognate with Munsee kwŭnáhkwsuw (“he is tall”), Abenaki kwnakwzo, Penobscot kʷə̀nahkʷəso, Massachusett qunnunkqussu, Menominee kenuahkosew.

Verb

kwënakwsu (third plural indicative manunksuwàk, participle kwënakwsit, negative ku kwënakwsii) (animate intransitive)

1. (animate, intransitive) he/she is tall

Conjugation

present indicative conjugation of kwënakwsu

kwënakwsi
1st person singular	nkwënakwsi
2nd person singular	këkwënakwsi
3rd person singular	kwënakwsu
1st person plural inclusive	nkëkwënakwsihëna
1st person plural exclusive	këkwënakwsihëna
2nd person plural	këkwënakwsihëmo
3rd person plural	kwënakwsuwàk

Derived terms

• kwënakwsuwakàn
• kwënusu
• kwëniku
• kwënakòt
• kwënàskwe
• kwënahuk
• kwënakàt
• kwënakw

Related terms

• kwëni

References

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