linksasu

Unami

Etymology

From

• /link/: to melt
• /-asi-/: passive (subject undergoes action by someone)
• /-w/ (suffix): third person suffix

Cognate with Munsee lungsáasuw (“it is melted”).

Verb

linksasu inan (vii)

1. (inanimate, intransitive) it is melted, it has been thawed

Related terms

• linkte (vii)
• linksu (vai)
• wëlinksëmën (vti)

References

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