pëmëpehële

Unami

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *pemihθenwi (“to flow”). Cognates include Cree ᐱᒥᐦᑎᐣ (pimihtin, “it flows along”), Menominee pemēhnen (“it flows by”).

• /pëm-/ (verb initial): along, forth, by; continuously, regularly.
• /-ëpe-/ (medial) : liquid, water
• /-hële/ (verb final): flow, move, be in a state
• /-w/ (suffix): third person suffix

Verb

pëmëpehële (inanimate intransitive)

1. (inanimate, intransitive) it flows, flows along

References

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