sookǔlaan

Munsee

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *so·kaθa·nwi (“it is pouring rain”).

Verb

sóokŭlaan inan (3sg.conj sóokŭlaang, ptcpl sóokŭlaang, intensive reduplication sohsóokŭlaan, moderative reduplication saasóokŭlaan)

1. (inanimate, intransitive) to rain, be raining

References

• O'Meara, John (2014) “sóokŭlaan”, in Delaware-English/English-Delaware Dictionary (Heritage), Toronto: University of Toronto Press, published 1996, →ISBN