shinkuxwe

Unami

Etymology

• /shink-/ (preverb) : dislike, hate, not want
• /-uxwe/ (verb final): walk, go by foot, go
• /-w/ (suffix): third person suffix

Verb

shinkuxwe (third plural indicative shinkuxweyok) (animate intransitive)

1. (animate, intransitive) he/she does not want to walk

References

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