wënsasu

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Etymology

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Cognate with Ojibwe onzigaazo (it is boiled), Munsee wunzáasuw (it is boiled).

  • /wën-/:to boil
  • /-sasi-/: passive (subject undergoes action by someone)
  • /-w/ (suffix): third person suffix

Verb

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wënsasu anim (plural wënsasuwàk) (vai)

  1. (animate, intransitive) he/she/it is boiled
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References

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