wënsu

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Etymology

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Cognate with Ojibwe onzo (“he/she/it is boiling”), Munsee wúnzuw (“he/she is boiling”).

  • /wën/: to boil
  • /ësi/: makes word an animate verb
  • /-w/ (suffix): third person suffix

Verb

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wënsu anim (plural wënsuwàk, participle wënsit) (vai)

  1. (animate, intransitive) he/she/it is boiling, boils

Usage notes

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  • refers to any animate noun, such as an animal
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References

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