kwisa

See also: Kwisa and Kwisą

Unami

Etymology

Cognate with Munsee kwíssal (“his/her son”), Ojibwe ogozisan (“his/her son”), Ojibwe ogwizisan (“his/her son”), Mi'kmaq uggwisl (“his/her son”), Malecite-Passamaquoddy 'qossol (“his/her son”), Southern East Cree ᐅᑯᓴ (okosa, “his/her son”), Northern East Cree ᐅᑯᓯᔅᐦ (okosish, “his/her son”), Montagnais ukussa (“his/her son”), Atikamekw okosa (“his/her son”).

Noun

kwisa (diminutive kwitët)

1. (dependent noun)third-person singular pos of kwis (“son”)

possessives of kwisa

	singular	plural
1st person	nkwis	inclusive kwisëna; exclusive nkwisëna
2nd person	kwis	kwisëwa
3rd person	kwisa	kwisëwoo

Usage notes

Dependent noun stems cannot be used without prefixes or suffixes.

Derived terms

• kèkait nkwis
• tenksisit nkwis
• wèkwisit
• wèkwisu

References

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