nkahès

Unami

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *nekya (“my mother”). Cognate with Malecite-Passamaquoddy nikuwoss (“my mother”), Munsee ngúk (“my mother”), Ojibwe ninga (“my mother”), Menominee nekiah (“my mother”), Penobscot nikáwəss (“my mother”), Cree ᓂᑳᐃᐧᕀ (nikaaiyy, “my mother”), Northern East Cree ᓂᑳᐧᐄ (nikaayii, “my mother”).

Noun

nkahès

1. (dependent noun) first-person singular possessed of kahès (“mother”)

Usage notes

Dependent noun stems cannot be used without prefixes or suffixes.

Inflection

possessives of nkahès

	singular	plural
1st person	nkahès	inclusive nkahèsëna; exclusive kahèsëna
2nd person	kahès	kahèsëwa
3rd person	kòhèsa	kohèsëwoo

References

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