wënhikahële

Unami

Etymology

From wënhikahëla (“to ebb”, specifically of water) +‎ -w (third-person nominal suffix).

Noun

wënhikahële inan

  1. ebb; receding water
  • wènhikahëlak (“place where water has receded”)

References

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