pxinskwe

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Unami

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Etymology

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From

  • /paxin-/ : to skin
  • /-askw/ (medial): grass, plants, corn
  • /-e/ : Animate Intransitive suffix

Verb

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pxinskwe inan (vai)

  1. (animate, intransitive) he husks corn, is husking corn
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References

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