kahtënamu

Unami

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.). Derived from Unami kahtën (“year”).

Verb

kahtënamu (conjunct 3sg kahtënamit)

1. (inanimate, intransitive) his/her age (is)

   Palenàxk kahtënamu na xkwechëch.

   The girl is five years old.

   Na nishinxke kahtënamit lënu chitanësu

   The twenty-year-old man is strong.

References

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