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)

(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