pètënëmën

Unami

Etymology

• /pèt-/ (preverb): in this direction, hither
• /ënëm/ (verb final): to hand, do something with the hand
• /-n/ (suffix): third person suffix

Verb

pètënëmën (animate intransitive)

1. (animate, intransitive) he/she hands it in this direction

References

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