sukëlan
Unami
editEtymology
edit- /suk-/ (verb initial): to pour, to spill
- /ëla/ (verb final):rain
- /-n/ (suffix): nominalizer
From Proto-Algonquian *so·kaθa·nwi (“it is pouring rain”).
Verb
editsukëlan (conjunct sukëlànke, future sukëlànch or xu sukëlan, negative sukëlanuu) (inanimate intransitive)
- (inanimate, intransitive) it rains, it is raining
Related terms
editReferences
edit- Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “sukëlan”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project