niskuxwe

Unami

Etymology

• /nisk-/ (preverb): dirty
• /-uxwe/ (verb final): walk, go by foot, go
• /-w/ (suffix): third person suffix

Verb

niskuxwe (third plural indicative niskuxweyok) (animate intransitive)

1. (animate, intransitive) he/she walks dirty

References

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