pënipahkihële

Unami

Etymology

From pëni (“to fall”) +‎ pahk (“leaf”) +‎ ihële (“flow, move, go”). Cognates with first element include Montagnais pinassiu (“the leaves fall from the trees”), Ojibwe bangisin (“it falls”), Munsee punaapehleew (“it falls”), Malecite-Passamaquoddy poneqiw (“down, downwards”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

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

Verb

pënipahkihële (animate intransitive)

(animate, intransitive) a leaf fell

References

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