palishpèxën

Unami

Etymology

From

• /palish-/: extending over
• /-pe-/: indicates that a verb relates to water
• /èxën/ (suffix): indicates a state of lying, sitting in a place

Verb

palishpèxën inan (vii)

1. (inanimate, intransitive) it is overflowing, it overflows

Related terms

• palishpe
• palishpète

References

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