pënihële

Unami

Etymology

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

pënihële (inanimate intransitive)

  1. (inanimate, intransitive) it fell off, fell down

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