kahès

See also: kahes

Unami

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *kya (“mother”).

Noun

kahès anim (adjectival kohèsi, obviative kahèsa)

1. (dependent noun) mother

Declension

possessive conjugation of kahès

kahès
1st person singular	nkahès
2nd person singular	kahès
3rd person singular	kòhèsa
1st person plural inclusive	kahèsëna
1st person plural exclusive	nkahèsëna
2nd person plural	kahèsëwa
3rd person plural	kohèsëwoo

Derived terms

• Kahèsëna Hàki (“Mother Earth”)
• Kahèsëna Xàskwim (“Mother Corn”)
• kohèsi aholtëwakàn (“mother's love”)
• wèkahèsin / wèkahèsit (“someone who is a mother”)

See also

• àna (“mother”, vocative), ànati (“dear mother”, formal vocative)
• piitàkw (“stepmother”)
• sùkwis (“mother-in-law”)
• uhëm (“grandmother”)

References

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