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Etymology
Cognate with Munsee kwŭnáhkwsuw (“he is tall”), Abenaki kwnakwzo, Penobscot kʷə̀nahkʷəso, Massachusett qunnunkqussu, Menominee kenuahkosew.
Verb
kwënakwsu (third plural indicative manunksuwàk, participle kwënakwsit, negative ku kwënakwsii) (animate intransitive)
- (animate, intransitive) he/she is tall
Conjugation
present indicative conjugation of kwënakwsu
Derived terms
References
- Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “kwënakwsu”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project