kwisa

Unami

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *nekwiʔsa (“my son”). Cognate with Munsee ngwíssus (“my son”), Ojibwe ningozis (“my son”), Ojibwe ningwizis (“my son”), Mi'kmaq ngwiss (“my son”), Malecite-Passamaquoddy nqoss (“my son”), Cree ᓂᑯᓯᐢ (nikosis, “my son”), Southern East Cree ᓂᑯᔅ (nikos, “my son”), Northern East Cree ᓂᑯᓯᔅ (nikosis, “my son”), Montagnais nikuss (“my son”), Fox nekwitha (“my son”).

Noun

kwisa (diminutive kwitët)

third-person singular pos of kwis (“son”)

possessives of kwisa

	singular	plural
1st person	nkwis	inclusive kwisëna; exclusive nkwisëna
2nd person	kwis	kwisëwa
3rd person	kwisa	kwisëwoo

Derived terms

kèkait nkwis
tenksisit nkwis
wèkwisit
wèkwisu

References

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