pële
See also: Appendix:Variations of "pele"
Unami edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Algonquian *peleᐧwa (“fowl, partridge”). Cognates include Munsee pŭléew (“turkey”), Ojibwe bine (“partridge, ruffled grouse”), Cree ᐱᐦᐁᐤ (pihew, “partridge, grouse”), Swampy Cree ᐱᓀᐤ/pinêw (“partridge”), Moose Cree ᐱᓓᐤ/pilêw (“partridge”), Fox penêwa (“turkey”), Menominee penǣw (“partridge”), Montagnais pineu (“partridge”).
Noun edit
pële inan (plural pëleyok)
- (literally) fowl, turkey, guinea fowl, and similar birds
- The Lenape Turkey Clan
References edit
- Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “pële”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project