niske

Lower Sorbian

Adjective

niske

1. inflection of niski:
   1. neuter nominative/accusative singular
   2. nominative/accusative plural

Unami

Etymology

Cognate with Mohegan-Pequot nuskinôqat (“it is dirty”), Munsee níiskeew (“it is dirty”), Penobscot nə́skikən.

• /nisk/: dirty
• /e/: makes word a verb
• /-w/ (suffix): third person suffix

Verb

niske inan (plural niskeyo, 3sg conjunct niskèk) (vii)

1. (inanimate, intransitive) it is dirty

Related terms

• nisksu (vai)
• wëniskënëmën (vti)
• wëniskënao (vta)

References

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