shipchei

Unami

Alternative forms

  • shipche

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Algonquian *ši·pi·wa anim (to stretch, intransitive).

Verb

shipchei (VAI (animate-subject intransitive))

  1. (exercise) To stretch (one's limbs).

Conjugation

infinitive conjugation of shipchei
shipchei
1st person singular nshipchei
2nd person singular kshipchei
3rd person singular shipchei
1st person plural inclusive [Term?]
1st person plural exclusive [Term?]
2nd person plural [Term?]
3rd person plural [Term?]
present indicative conjugation of shipchei
shishipchei
1st person singular nshishipchei
2nd person singular kshishipchei
3rd person singular shishipchei
1st person plural inclusive [Term?]
1st person plural exclusive [Term?]
2nd person plural [Term?]
3rd person plural [Term?]

Derived terms

References

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