òpalhùkwe

Unami

Alternative forms

  • òpalhùko, (abbreviation) òphùkwe

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Algonquian *wa·pexkwe·wa (“to be white-haired”, animate intransitive verb). By surface analysis, òp- (“white”) +‎ alhùkwe (“to have hair”, of human(s); in compounds).

Verb

òpalhùkwe (VAI (animate-subject intransitive))

  1. (of a human) to be white-haired

Conjugation

present indicative conjugation of òpalhùkwe
òpalhùkwe
1st person singular nòpalhùkwe
2nd person singular kòpalhùkwe
3rd person singular òpalhùkwe
1st person plural inclusive òpalhùkohëna
1st person plural exclusive nòpalhùkohëna
2nd person plural [Term?]
3rd person plural [Term?]

Derived terms

References

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