psàkwe

Unami

Etymology

By surface analysis, psakw- (“sticky”) +‎ -e (inanimate intransitive verb suffix). Further from Proto-Algonquian *pahsakw- (“sticky, muddy, miry”).

Verb

psàkwe (VII (inanimate-subject intransitive), animate equivalent psàkwsi)

  1. To be sticky.
  2. To be stuck on.

Derived terms

  • psàkwiokàn (“glue”)

References

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