kwitamën

Unami

Etymology

• /w-/ (prefix) third person prefix
• /kwitam/ (verb): fear it
• /-n/ (suffix) inanimate object suffix
• Initial /w-/ metathesizes with /k/ and merges with the following /w/ in the root. /ë/ is inserted as a transition sound between /m/ and /n/.

From Proto-Algonquian *kweʔtamwa (“he fears it”). Cognate with Ojibwe ogotaan (“he fears it”).

Verb

kwitamën (imperative kwita, fear it!)

1. (inanimate, intransitive) he fears it

Conjugation

Conjugation of kwitamën

kwitamën indicative	positive
1st person singular	nkwitàmën
2nd person singular	kwitamën
3rd person singular	kwitamën
1st person plural inclusive	nkwitàmënèn
1st person plural exclusive	[Term?]
2nd person plural	kwitamëneyo
3rd person plural	kwitamëneyo

Related terms

• kwitamweokàn

References

• Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “kwitam”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project