sukpehële
Unami
Etymology
- /suk-/ (preverb):pour, spill, sprinkle
- /pe/ (root):water
- /-hële/ (final):movement, flying
- /-w/ (suffix): third person suffix
Verb
sukpehële (inanimate intransitive)
- it pours out, down
Derived terms
- sukpehëlak
References
- Rementer, Jim; Pearson, Bruce L. (2005), “sukpehële”, in Leneaux, Grant; Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project