pënaònke

Unami

Etymology

Related to pënàse inan (“to go downhill”, intransitive verb). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

pënaònke inan

  1. cliff

Verb

pënaònke (VII (inanimate-subject intransitive))

  1. to be downhill

Derived terms

References

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