sapële

Unami

Alternative forms

  • sapëlee

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Algonquian *wa·ʔsa·peθkete·wi (“it shines”).

Verb

sapële (VII (inanimate-subject intransitive))

  1. to be bright, to shine, to flash, to glisten, to sparkle

Derived terms

  • sapëleixën (“it shines and sparkles”)

References

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