xwisëmësa

Unami

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *wehsiᐧma (“his/her younger sibling”).

Noun

xwisëmësa (vocative xisëmësa/xàta)

1. (dependent nouns) third-person singular pos of xisëmës (“younger brother”)

possessives of xwisëmësa

	singular	plural
1st person	naxisëmës	inclusive [[]]; exclusive [[]]
2nd person	kxisëmës	[Term?]
3rd person	xwisëmësa	[Term?]

Usage notes

Dependent noun stems cannot be used without prefixes or suffixes.

References

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