tëmëshasu
Appearance
Unami
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From
- /tëm-/ (initial) : to cut off
- /-ëshw-/ (medial): act in by cutting
- /ësi/ (final): Passive suffix
- /-w/ : 3rd person suffix
Verb
[edit]tëmëshasu inan (vti)
- (inanimate, intransitive) It is cut off
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “tëmëshasu”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project