pënihële
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Etymology[edit]
From pëni (“to fall”) + ihële. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
- /pëni-/ (preverb): down, downward, fall, drope.
- /-ihële/ (verb final): flow, move, be in a state
- /-w/ (suffix): third person suffix
Verb[edit]
pënihële (inanimate intransitive)
- (inanimate, intransitive) it fell off, fell down
References[edit]
- Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “pënihële”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project