tèh
Unami
Alternate forms
- wteh
Etymology
- /w-/ (prefix): third person prefix
- /-teh/ (root): heart
- This form is the third person singular possessive. As the underlying root /-teh/ is a bound lemma, only appearing in compounds with affixes.
From Proto-Algonquian [Term?]. Cognate with Munsee wdéeh (“his heart”), Mohegan-Pequot wutáh (“his heart”), Ojibwe ode' (“his heart”), Fox otêhi (“his heart”), Montagnais utei (“his heart”), Menominee otǣh (“his heart”), Cree ᐅᑌᐦ (oteh, “his heart”).
Noun
tèh inan (plural tèha)
- heart
- his heart
Derived terms
- wtehim
References
- Rementer, Jim; Pearson, Bruce L. (2005), “tèh”, in Leneaux, Grant; Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project