patama

Unami

Etymology

• /patama/ : pray
• /-w/ (suffix): third person suffix

Cognate with Massachusett peantam (“he prays”).

Verb

patama (VAI (animate-subject intransitive), third plural indicative patamaok)

1. he/she prays

Declension

present indicative conjugation of patama

patama
1st person singular	mpatàma
2nd person singular	kpatàma
3rd person singular	patama
1st person plural inclusive	mpatamahëna
1st person plural exclusive	kpatamahëna
2nd person plural	kpatamahëmo
3rd person plural	patamaok

present conjunct conjugation of patama

patama
1st person singular	[Term?]
2nd person singular	[Term?]
3rd person singular	patamat
1st person plural inclusive	patamaènkw
1st person plural exclusive	patamaènkw
2nd person plural	patamaèkw
3rd person plural	patamahtit

Future conjugation of patama

patama
1st person singular	mpatamàch or xu mpatàma
2nd person singular	kpatamàch or xu kpatàma
3rd person singular	patamàch or xu patama
1st person plural inclusive	patamahënàch or xu mpatamahëna
1st person plural exclusive	patamahënàch or xu kpatamahëna
2nd person plural	patamahëmòch or xu kpatamahëmo
3rd person plural	patamaòkch or xu patamaok

Related terms

• pòtamwelxao
• patàmweokàn
• pèhpatamas
• patamweikaon

References

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