ninkeminakwsu

Unami

Etymology

From ninkëmi (“be cute”, preverb) +‎ -na (“to see”, verb medial) +‎ -ëkw- (“inverts subject and object”, inverse theme marker) +‎ -ësi (verb final) +‎ -w (“third person”, suffix).

Noun

ninkëminakwsu (plural ninkëminakwsuwàk, animate intransitive)

1. he / she is cute

Related terms

• ninkëminakòt vii

References

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