penkwsu

Unami

Alternative forms

• penkwël

Etymology

• /penkw-/ : be dry
• /-ësi/ abstract animate intransitive suffix
• /-w/ : 3rd person suffix

Verb

penkwsu (vai)

1. he/she/it (animate) is dry

Related terms

• penkòn (vii)
• penkwte (vii)
• penkwihële
• penkwixèkëne
• penkònkòne
• penkwhaksëne
• penkwilunkòne

References

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