kahèsa

Unami

Etymology 1

From kahès (“mother”) +‎ -a (obviative).

Noun

kahèsa anim

1. obviative singular of kahès: one's dead mother.

Etymology 2

From k- (second-person prefix) +‎ kahès (“mother”) +‎ -a (obviative).

Noun

kahèsa anim

1. second-person obviative possessive singular of kahès: your dead mother.

References

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