pënihële

Unami

Etymology

From pëni (“to fall”) +‎ ihële +‎ [Term?] (“flow, move, go”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• /pëni-/ (preverb): down, downward, fall, drope.
• /-ihële/ (verb final): flow, move, be in a state
• /-w/ (suffix): third person suffix

Verb

pënihële (inanimate intransitive)

1. (inanimate, intransitive) it fell off, fell down

References

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