shòxe

Unami

Etymology

By surface analysis, shòx- (slippery) +‎ -e (inanimate intransitive verb suffix). Further from Proto-Algonquian *šo·çkw- (slippery).

Verb

shòxe (VII (inanimate-subject intransitive), animate equivalent shòxsi)

  1. To be slippery.

References

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