tënte-tëpchehëlas

Unami

Alternative forms

  • tënteëpchehëlas

Etymology

From tëntay / tëntei (“fire / of fire”) +‎ tëpchehëlas (“something which rolls; a wagon, a car”), literally “fire-roller/wagon/car”.

Noun

tënte-tëpchehëlas anim

  1. train, locomotive

Derived terms

  • tënte-tëpchehëlas'hama (“to travel by train”)

References

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