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English:he is afraid; he was scared

Lenape:wishasu [via]

English:He began to drink because he was afraid.

Lenape:Alëmi mëne èli wishasu.

English:He seemed to be very afraid.

Lenape:Alashi ahi wishasu.

hwissase [1684] afraid
cp- wischassoagan [1760] fear

Unstressed /ë/ is elided.
/w/ is elided in final position after a vowel.

Form:

wishasu

Structure:

wisha-ësi-w

Meaning:

be.afraid-vb-3