àskàskwsu

Unami

Etymology

From

• /àskàskwe/ - (be green)
• /-ësi-/: indicates animate verb
• /-w/ - third person suffix

Cognate with Munsee askáskwsuw (“he is green”), Mohegan-Pequot askasqisu (“he is green”), Mahican skasquayú (“he is green”), Penobscot skàtso (“he is green”).

Verb

àskàskwsu anim (plural àskàskwsuwàk) (vai)

1. he/she is green

   àskàskwsu wa chahkol ― this frog is green

Related terms

• àskàskaonke
• àskàskhèmpës
• àskàskhòne
• àskàskikw
• àskàskontpat
• àskàskwe
• àskàskwinakòt
• àskàskwsit
• àskàskàt
• àskàskòkunk
• àskàskòxkuk

 

References

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