pëmawsu

Unami

Etymology

• /pëm-/ (preverb) : by, along
• /-aw-/ (medial): way of being, life, character, nature
• /-ësi/ (final): animate intransitive
• /-w/ (suffix): third person suffix

Verb

pëmawsu (third plural indicative pëmawsuwàk, participle pëmawsit) (animate intransitive)

1. (animate, intransitive) he/she lives, is living, is alive

Derived terms

• Pèhpëmawsuhalëwèt
• Pëmawsuhaluwèt
• pëmawsit
• pëmawsuhalëmao
• pëmawsuhe
• pëmawsuwakàn

References

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