sapëlehële

Unami

Etymology

From

  • /sapële/ : to shine
  • /-hële/ : movement, change

Cognate with Munsee saapŭléhleew (“there is lightning”).

Verb

sapëlehële (VII (inanimate-subject intransitive))

  1. there is lightning

Derived terms

  • sasapëlehële (reduplication)

References

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