pëmëpehële

Unami

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *pemihθenwi (“to flow”). Cognates include Cree ᐱᒥᐦᑎᐣ (pimihtin, “it flows along”), Menominee pemēhnen (“it flows by”).

  • /pëm-/ (preverb): along, forth, by; continuously, regularly.
  • /-pehële/ (verb final): flow, move, be in a state (liquid)
  • /-w/ (suffix): third person suffix

Verb

pëmëpehële (inanimate intransitive)

  1. (inanimate, intransitive) it flows, flows along

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