xwisëmësa

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Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Algonquian *wehsiᐧma (his/her younger sibling).

Noun[edit]

xwisëmësa (vocative xisëmësa/xàta)

  1. third-person singular pos of xisëmës (younger brother)

References[edit]

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