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Etymology
Cognate with Munsee kwíssal (“his/her son”), Ojibwe ogozisan (“his/her son”), Ojibwe ogwizisan (“his/her son”), Mi'kmaq uggwisl (“his/her son”), Malecite-Passamaquoddy 'qossol (“his/her son”), Southern East Cree ᐅᑯᓴ (okosa, “his/her son”), Northern East Cree ᐅᑯᓯᔅᐦ (okosish, “his/her son”), Montagnais ukussa (“his/her son”), Atikamekw okosa (“his/her son”).
Noun
kwisa (diminutive kwitët)
- (dependent noun)third-person singular pos of kwis (“son”)
Usage notes
Dependent noun stems cannot be used without prefixes or suffixes.
Derived terms
References
- Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “kwisa”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project