wënsu

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Unami

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Etymology

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

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