sukpehële

Unami

Etymology

• /suk-/ (preverb):pour, spill, sprinkle
• /pe/ (root):water
• /-hële/ (final):movement, flying
• /-w/ (suffix): third person suffix

Verb

sukpehële (inanimate intransitive)

1. (inanimate, intransitive) it pours out, down

Derived terms

• sukpehëlak

References

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