alëmëlan

Unami

Etymology

  • /alëm-/ (initial): begin, start
  • /ëla/ (final): rain
  • /-n/ (suffix): nominalizer

Verb

alëmëlan (VII (inanimate-subject intransitive))

  1. to be starting to rain

References

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