Detailed Entry Information

English:his older brother

Lenape:xònsa [na]

English:Nux xònsa.

Lenape:My father's older brother.

English:He was the older brother to Billy Wilson who was my grandfather.

Lenape:Xònsa naka Billy Wilson na naka muxumsa.

wohonossall [1760] his elder brother

/w/ metathesizes with /x/, and the resulting /wa/ sequence is
realized as /o/.
Note: /xans/ is a truncated form of /naxans/.

Form:

xonsa

Structure:

w-xans-a

Meaning:

3-older.brother-obv