uwatun

Unami

Etymology

Cognate with Mohegan-Pequot wáhtôw (“he knows it”), Munsee weewíhtoow (“he knows it”), Massachusett wahteouun (“he knows it”),

• /wëwatu-/ (stem): to know;
• /-ne/ (suffix): inanimate object suffix

Verb

uwatun

1. he knows it

Inflection

Animate transitive Independent Indicative
/wëwatu-/ 'know'

Person	positive	negative
1st	nuwatun	nuwatuwën
2nd	kuwatun	kuwatuwën
3rd	uwatun	uwatuwën
1p incl	nuwatunèn	nuwatuwënèn
1p excl	kuwatunèn	kuwatuwënèn
2p	kuwatuneyo	kuwatuwëneyo
3p	uwatuneyo	uwatuwëneyo

References

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