palishpèxën

Unami

Etymology

From

  • /palish-/: extending over
  • /-pe-/: indicates that a verb relates to water
  • /èxën/ (suffix): indicates a state of lying, sitting in a place

Verb

palishpèxën (VII (inanimate-subject intransitive))

  1. it is overflowing, it overflows

References

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