alëmamehële

Unami

Etymology

• /alëmi-/ (preverb): begin to (do something)
• /amehële/ (verb final): run
• /-w/ (suffix): third person suffix

Verb

alëmamehële (animate intransitive)

1. (animate, intransitive) he/she begins/is beginning to run

References

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