chòpwënëmën

Unami

Etymology

From

• /w-/ third person prefix
• /chòpwënëm/ : to put it in the water
• /-ne/ : inanimate suffix

Cognate with Munsee wchooxpwŭnúmun (“he puts it in the water”).

Verb

chòpwënëmën (inanimate transitive)

1. (inanimate, transitive) he/she puts it in the water

present indicative conjugation of chòpwënëmën

chòpwënëmën
1st person singular	nchòpwënëmën
2nd person singular	kchòpwënëmën
3rd person singular	chòpwënëmën
1st person plural inclusive	nchòpwënëmënèn
1st person plural exclusive	kchòpwënëmënèn
2nd person plural	kchòpwënëmëneyo
3rd person plural	chòpwënëmëneyo

Related terms

• chòpònehëmalao
• chòpònehëmao
• chòpwixën
• chòpwihële
• chòpòkil

References

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