wënihëlatàmën
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Unami
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Algonquian [Term?].
- /w-/ (prefix): third person prefix
- /nihëlatàm/ (verb stem): own it
- /-ne/ (suffix): inanimate object suffix
Verb
[edit]wënihëlatàmën (inanimate transitive)
- (inanimate, transitive) he owns it
Conjugation
[edit]present indicative conjugation of wënihëlatàmën
wënihëlatàmën | |
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1st person singular | nihëlatàmën |
2nd person singular | knihëlatàmën |
3rd person singular | wënihëlatàmën |
1st person plural inclusive | knihëlatàmën |
1st person plural exclusive | nihëlatàmën |
2nd person plural | knihëlatàmëneyo |
3rd person plural | wënihëlatàmëneyo |
present indicative negative conjugation of wënihëlatàmën
wënihëlatàmën | |
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1st person singular | nihëlatàmuwën |
2nd person singular | knihëlatàmuwën |
3rd person singular | nihëlatàmuwën |
1st person plural inclusive | knihëlatàmuwënèn |
1st person plural exclusive | nihëlatàmuwënèn |
2nd person plural | knihëlatàmuwëneyo |
3rd person plural | nihëlatàmuwëneyo |
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “wënihëlatàmën”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project