sèkpexën

Unami

Etymology

• /sèk-/ (root): certain distance, certain length
• /-pexën/ (final): it (water) lies

Verb

sèkpexën (inanimate intransitive)

1. (inanimate, intransitive) as far as the water goes; the distance across the water

References

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