wënte

Unami

Etymology

From

  • /wën-/:to boil
  • /-te-/: forms inanimate verbs
  • /-w/ (suffix): third person suffix

Cognate with Munsee wúndeew, Ojibwe onde (it boils).

Verb

wënte (VII (inanimate-subject intransitive))

  1. it is boiling, it boils

References

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