tatxëpèxën

Unami

Etymology

• /tatxë/ few? Related to tatxiti (“to be few”), txiti (“few”).
• /-pexën/ (final): it (water) lies

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Verb

tatxëpèxën (inanimate intransitive)

1. (inanimate, intransitive) it is shallow water, shallow water

Related terms

• tatxëpekàt
• tatxëntu
• tatxituwàk

References

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