kahtënamu
Unami
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.). Derived from Unami kahtën (“year”).
Verb
kahtënamu (conjunct 3sg kahtënamit)(inanimate intransitive)
- (inanimate, intransitive) his/her age (is)
- palenàxk kahtënamu na xkwechëch.
- the girl is five years old.
- Na nishinxke kahtënamit lënu chitanësu
- The twenty year old man is strong.
References
- Rementer, Jim; Pearson, Bruce L. (2005), “kahtënamu”, in Leneaux, Grant; Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project