tatxëpèxën

Unami

Etymology

  • /tatxë/ few? Related to tatxiti (“to be few”), txiti (“few”).
  • /-pexën/ (final): it (water) lies

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Verb

tatxëpèxën (VII (inanimate-subject intransitive))

  1. it is shallow water, shallow water
  • tatxëpekàt
  • tatxëntu
  • tatxituwàk

References

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