uwatun

uwatun

Unami

Etymology

Cognate with Mohegan-Pequot wáhtôw (“he knows it”), Munsee weewíhtoow (“he knows it”), Massachusett wahteouun (“he knows it”),

• /wëwatu-/ (stem): to know;
• /-ne/ (suffix): inanimate object suffix

Verb

uwatun

1. he knows it

Inflection

Animate transitive Independent Indicative
/wëwatu-/ 'know'

Person	positive	negative
1	nuwatun	nuwatuwën
2	kuwatun	kuwatuwën
3	uwatun	uwatuwën
1plural incl	nuwatunèn	nuwatuwënèn
1plural excl	kuwatunèn	kuwatuwënèn
2plural	kuwatuneyo	kuwatuwëneyo
3plural	uwatuneyo	uwatuwëneyo

References

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