alël

See also: alel

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Etymology

  • /al-/ : to rot
  • /-ël/ abstract animate intransitive suffix
  • /-w/ : 3rd person suffix

Verb

alël (VAI (animate-subject intransitive), third plural indicative alëluk)

  1. to be rotten, to rot (of an animate subject)

References

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