sukpehële
Unami
Etymology
- /suk-/ (preverb):pour, spill, sprinkle
- /pe/ (root):water
- /-hële/ (final):movement, flying
- /-w/ (suffix): third person suffix
Verb
sukpehële (VII (inanimate-subject intransitive))
- it pours out, down
Derived terms
- sukpehëlak
References
- Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005), “sukpehële”, in Grant Leneaux, Raymond Whritenour, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project