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Lower Sorbian
Adjective
niske
- inflection of niski:
- neuter nominative/accusative singular
- nominative/accusative plural
Unami
Etymology
Cognate with Mohegan-Pequot nuskinôqat (“it is dirty”), Munsee níiskeew (“it is dirty”), Penobscot nə́skikən.
- /nisk/: dirty
- /e/: makes word a verb
- /-w/ (suffix): third person suffix
Verb
niske inan (plural niskeyo, 3sg conjunct niskèk) (vii)
- (inanimate, intransitive) it is dirty
References
- Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “niske”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project