wënte

Unami

Etymology

From

• /wën-/:to boil
• /-te-/: forms inanimate verbs
• /-w/ (suffix): third person suffix

Cognate with Munsee wúndeew, Ojibwe onde (“it boils”).

Verb

wënte inan (vii)

1. (inanimate, intransitive) it is boiling, it boils

Related terms

• wënsasu
• wënsu
• wënsëmën
• wënsao
• palishpète

References

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