pënàse
See also: penase
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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)
- to go downhill. (literally, not necessarily metaphorically)
- Pënàse në tëmakàn.
- 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