palishpe

Unami

Etymology

From

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

Cognate with Malecite-Passamaquoddy palitpe (“it is overflowing”), Ojibwe bazhidebii.

Verb

palishpe inan (vii)

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

   Palishpe yu sipu.

   The creek overflowed.

Related terms

• palishpèxën
• palishpète

References

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