pushis
Esperanto
Verb
pushis
- H-system spelling of puŝis
Unami
Etymology
Either from Proto-Algonquian *pešiwa (“bobcat, cat”) or else a borrowing from English (pussy).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpuʃis]
Noun
pushis anim (plural pushisàk, obviative pushisa, adjectival pushisi, 3sg possessive pushisëma)
- cat
Derived terms
- pushisikaon
- pushischi
References
- Rementer, Jim; Pearson, Bruce L. (2005), “pushis”, in Leneaux, Grant; Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project