nisksu
Appearance
Unami
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Cognate with Mohegan-Pequot nuskinôqusu (“he/she is dirty”), Munsee níisksuw (“he/she is dirty”), Penobscot nə̀skiko (“he is dirty”), Massachusett nishkeneunkqussu (“he is dirty”).
Verb
[edit]nisksu anim (plural nisksuwàk, participle nisksit, plural participle nisksichik) (vai)
- (animate, intransitive) he/she is dirty
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]- niske (vii)
References
[edit]- Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “nisksu”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project