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Etymology
Cognate with Ojibwe onzo (“he/she/it is boiling”), Munsee wúnzuw (“he/she is boiling”).
Verb
wënsu anim (plural wënsuwàk, participle wënsit) (vai)
- (animate, intransitive) he/she/it is boiling, boils
Usage notes
- refers to any animate noun, such as an animal
References
- Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “wënsu”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project