palishpète

Unami

Etymology

From

  • /palish-/: extending over
  • /-pe-/: indicates that a verb relates to water
  • /te/ (suffix): to boil
  • /-w/ (suffix): third person suffix

Verb

palishpète (VII (inanimate-subject intransitive))

  1. it is boiling over, it boils over

References

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