linksasu

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Unami

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Etymology

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From

  • /link/: to melt
  • /-asi-/: passive (subject undergoes action by someone)
  • /-w/ (suffix): third person suffix

Cognate with Munsee lungsáasuw (“it is melted”).

Verb

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linksasu inan (vii)

  1. (inanimate, intransitive) it is melted, it has been thawed
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References

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