punthe

Unami

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch pond (“pound”), Middle Dutch pont, pond, from Old Dutch punt, from Proto-Germanic *pundą (“pound, weight”), borrowed from Latin pondō.

Verb

punthe (VAI (animate-subject intransitive))

  1. To weigh, to be weighing.
  • puntha anim (“to weigh”, transitive)

References

  • Nicoline van der Sijs, Cookies, Coleslaw, and Stoops: The Influence of Dutch on the North American languages (2009, →ISBN
  • Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005), “punthe”, in Grant Leneaux, Raymond Whritenour, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project
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