shëwël

See also: shewel

Unami

Etymology

In part from Proto-Algonquian *ši·w- (“salt”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

shëwël (VAI (animate-subject intransitive), inanimate equivalent shëwàn)

  1. To be salty.

References

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