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Etymology
Cognate with Ojibwe onzigaazo (“it is boiled”), Munsee wunzáasuw (“it is boiled”).
- /wën-/:to boil
- /-sasi-/: passive (subject undergoes action by someone)
- /-w/ (suffix): third person suffix
Verb
wënsasu anim (plural wënsasuwàk) (vai)
- (animate, intransitive) he/she/it is boiled
References
- Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “wënsasu”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project