xònsa

Unami

Noun

xònsa anim (vocative xansa, diminutive vocative xansati)

1. (dependent noun) third-person singular pos of xans (“older brother or cousin”)

possessives of xònsa

	singular	plural
1st person	naxans	inclusive xansëna; exclusive [[]]
2nd person	kënaxans/kxans	[Term?]
3rd person	xònsa	[Term?]

Usage notes

Dependent noun stems cannot be used without prefixes or suffixes.

See also

• wtënuyëma (“his brother”)
• wimahtësa (“his brother”)
• xwisëmësa (“his/her younger brother”)

References

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