puhënike

Unami

Etymology

From

• /puhënike/ : to drum
• /-w/ : 3rd person suffix

Verb

puhënike (3rd person plural puhënikeyòk, 3rd person singular with reduplication pèhpuhënike) (animate intransitive)

1. (animate, intransitive) he/she drums

Derived terms

• pèhpuhënikès

Related terms

• puhënikàn
• pèhpuhënàmèkw

References

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