pënipahkihële

From pëni (“to fall”) +‎ pahk (“leaf”) +‎ ihële (“flow, move, go”). Cognates with first element include Montagnais pinassiu (“the leaves fall from the trees”), Ojibwe bangisin (“it falls”), Munsee punaapehleew (“it falls”), Malecite-Passamaquoddy poneqiw (“down, downwards”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

• /pëni-/ (preverb): down, downward, fall, drope.
• pahk/ (medial): leaf.
• /-ihële/ (verb final): flow, move, be in a state
• /-w/ (suffix): third person suffix

pënipahkihële (VAI (animate-subject intransitive))

1. a leaf fell

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