pënipahkihële
Unami
Etymology
From pëni (“to fall”) + pahk (“leaf”) + ihële (“flow, move, go”). Cognates with first element include Montagnais pinassiu (“the leaves fall from the trees”), Ojibwe bangisin (“it falls”), Munsee punaapehleew (“it falls”), Malecite-Passamaquoddy poneqiw (“down, downwards”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
- /pëni-/ (preverb): down, downward, fall, drope.
- pahk/ (medial): leaf.
- /-ihële/ (verb final): flow, move, be in a state
- /-w/ (suffix): third person suffix
Verb
pënipahkihële (animate intransitive)
- (animate, intransitive) a leaf fell
References
- Rementer, Jim; Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) , “pënipahkihële”, in Leneaux, Grant; Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project