maxksu

Unami

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *meçkwesiwa (“he/she (animate) is red”). Cognate with Mohegan-Pequot musqisuw (“he/she is red”), Munsee máxksuw (“he/she is red”), Malecite-Passamaquoddy mqeyu (“he/she is red”), Ojibwe miskozi (“he/she is red”), Cree ᒥᐦᑯᓯᐤ (mihkosiw, “he/she is red”).

• /maxk-/ : red
• /-ësi/ : animate intransitive
• /-w/ (suffix): third person suffix

Verb

maxksu anim (plural màxksuwàk, participle màxksit, plural participle màxksichik)

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

Related terms

• màxke (vii)

References

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