pënàse

See also: penase

Unami

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Related to pënaònke.”)

Verb

pënàse (VII (inanimate-subject intransitive), animate equivalent pënàsi)

  1. to go downhill. (literally, not necessarily metaphorically)
    Pënàsetëmakàn.
    The road goes downhill.

References

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