pënchi

See also: Pen-ch'i

Unami

Etymology

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Verb

pënchi (third plural indicative pënchiyòk) (animate intransitive)

1. (animate, intransitive) he/she goes in, enters something small with a whole (I.e. teepee, cave etc...)

Conjugation

present indicative conjugation of pënchi

pënchi
1st person singular	mpënchi
2nd person singular	kpënchi
3rd person singular	pënchi
1st person plural inclusive	kpënchihëna
1st person plural exclusive	mpënchihëna
2nd person plural	kpënchihëmo
3rd person plural	pënchiyòk

present conjunct conjugation of pënchi

pënchi
1st person singular	pënchia
2nd person singular	pënchiàn
3rd person singular	pënchit
1st person plural inclusive	pënchiànk
1st person plural exclusive	pënchiànk
2nd person plural	pënchièkw
3rd person plural	pënchihtit

subjunctive conjugation of pënchi

pënchi
1st person singular	pënchiane
2nd person singular	pënchiàne
3rd person singular	pënchite
1st person plural inclusive	pënchiànke
1st person plural exclusive	pënchiànke
2nd person plural	pënchièkwe
3rd person plural	pënchihtite

Imperative

pënchi	Imperative
2nd person singular	pënchi
2nd person plural	pënchikw
1st person plural	pënchitàm

References

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