palishpète

Unami

Etymology

From

• /palish-/: extending over
• /-pe-/: indicates that a verb relates to water
• /te/ (suffix): to boil
• /-w/ (suffix): third person suffix

Verb

palishpète inan (vii)

1. (inanimate, intransitive) it is boiling over, it boils over

Related terms

• palishpe
• palishpèxën
• wënte

References

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