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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)
- he/she is green
- àskàskwsu wa chahkol ― this frog is green
References
- Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “àskàskwsu”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project