wëshipënëmën

Unami

Etymology

From

• /w-/: third person prefix
• /shipënëm/: to stretch it
• /-ne/: inanimate suffix

Verb

wëshipënëmën (transitive inanimate)

1. (transitive, inanimate) he stretches it, he smooths it out

Conjugation

Conjugation of wëshipënëmën

present indicative	positive
1st person singular	nshipënëmën
2nd person singular	kshipënëmën
3rd person singular	wëshipënëmën
1st person plural inclusive	kshipënëmënèn
1st person plural exclusive	nshipënëmënèn
2nd person plural	kshipënëmëneyo
3rd person plural	wëshipënëmëneyo

Related terms

• shipënasu
• shipanakèxin
• shipihële
• shishipe

References

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