mëlàntàm

Unami

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Algonquian *me·melatamwa (“to vomit it”, inanimate-subject transitive).

Verb

mëlàntàm (VAI (animate-subject intransitive), frequentative mëmëlàntàm)

  1. To vomit, to throw up.

Conjugation

present indicative conjugation of mëlàntàm
mëlàntàm
1st person singular nëmëlàntàm
2nd person singular [Term?]
3rd person singular mëlàntàm
1st person plural inclusive nëmëlàntàmuhëna
1st person plural exclusive [Term?]
2nd person plural [Term?]
3rd person plural [Term?]
  • Past participle: mihëmëlàntàm
  • mëlànchpe (“to self-induce vomiting”)
  • mëlàntàmën inan (“to throw it up”, transitive)

References

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