-mënshi

Unami Etymology Inherited from unm alg-pro *-eminšy plant. Pronunciation unm /ˈməːn.ʃiː/ unm əːnʃiː 2 Root unm root an in plural inanimate -mënshia plural animate -mënshiàk plant; tree usually used to denote the plant producing a seed, fruit or berry etc. rather than the produced seed itself Usage notes It is not consistent which animacy class derived nouns fall into. The inanimate suffix is likely a remnant from the alg-pro *-eminšya, which was animate (see alg-pro *aʔsena·minšya) but more closely resembles Unami's inanimate plural. Derived terms unm pàkchèmunshi<t:Kentucky coffeetree> ahsënamënshi<t:maple tree> mùxulhemënshi<t:tuliptree> thakòhtëwimënshi<t:catalpa tree> òkhatimënshi<t:mulberry tree> tùkwimënshi<t:black walnut tree> ahshikëmënshi<t:fern> wisahkimënshi<t:grapevine> tìtpanimënshi<t:hickory tree> sipuwasimënshi<t:plum tree> shimënshi<t:hickory tree> salaxtekwimënshi<t:burr oak> opimënshi<t:chestnut tree> ònàxkwimënshi<t:unknown kind of oak> mwimënshi<t:black cherry tree> kikishimënshi<t:pin oak tree> kaxkamunimënshi<t:hackberry tree> anshikëmënshi<t:yarrow tree> amànkanakwimënshi<t:variety of oak> ahtuhwimënshi<t:unknown kind of medicinal herb> unm unm Plants