wënsu
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Cognate with Ojibwe onzo (“he/she/it is boiling”), Munsee wúnzuw (“he/she is boiling”).
Verb
[edit]wënsu anim (plural wënsuwàk, participle wënsit) (vai)
- (animate, intransitive) he/she/it is boiling, boils
Usage notes
[edit]- refers to any animate noun, such as an animal
Related terms
[edit]- wënte (vii)
- wënsasu
- wënsëmën
- wënsao
- palishpète
References
[edit]- Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “wënsu”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project