alëmuxwe

Unami

Etymology

/alëm/ (preverb): begin to, start to
/-uxwe/ (verb final): walk, go by foot, go
/-w/ (suffix): third person suffix

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aləmuxwe/

Verb

alëmuxwe (third plural indicative alëmuxweyok) (animate intransitive)

(animate, intransitive) he/she starts to walk
(animate, intransitive) he/she is walking away

References

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

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