nkahès
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Unami
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Algonquian *nekya (“my mother”). Cognate with Malecite-Passamaquoddy nikuwoss (“my mother”), Munsee ngúk (“my mother”), Ojibwe ninga (“my mother”), Menominee nekiah (“my mother”), Penobscot nikáwəss (“my mother”), Cree ᓂᑳᐃᐧᕀ (nikaaiyy, “my mother”), Northern East Cree ᓂᑳᐧᐄ (nikaayii, “my mother”).
Noun
[edit]nkahès
- first-person singular possessed of kahès (“mother”)
Inflection
[edit]possessives of nkahès
References
[edit]- Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “nkahès”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project