nkwis
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Unami[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Algonquian *nekwiʔsa (“my son”). Synchronically analyzable as:
Cognate with Munsee ngwíssus (“my son”), Ojibwe ningozis (“my son”), Ojibwe ningwizis (“my son”), Mi'kmaq ngwiss (“my son”), Malecite-Passamaquoddy nqoss (“my son”), Cree ᓂᑯᓯᐢ (nikosis, “my son”), Southern East Cree ᓂᑯᔅ (nikos, “my son”), Northern East Cree ᓂᑯᓯᔅ (nikosis, “my son”), Montagnais nikuss (“my son”), Fox nekwitha (“my son”).
Noun[edit]
nkwis (diminutive nkwitët, vocative nkwistuk, plural nkwisàk, absentative nkwisa)
- first-person singular pos of kwis (“son”) my son
possessives of nkwis
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “nkwis”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project