wësksu

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Unami

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Etymology

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Cognate with Munsee wúsksuw (he/she is young), Atikamekw ockisiw (he is new), Naskapi ᐅᔅᒋᐤ (uschiw, he/she is new).

Verb

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wësksu anim (plural wësksuwàk, participle wësksit, plural participle wësksichik)

  1. he/she is young

References

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