tëpënëm

Unami

Etymology

From tëp- (to roll, initial root) +‎ -ën- (handling, with the hands) +‎ -ëm (transitive inanimate) +‎ -n (inanimate suffix).

Verb

tëpënëm (VTI (transitive inanimate-object))

  1. he/she twirls, twists or rolls it

References

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