pùkchèsu

Unami

Etymology

• /pukw-/ (initial): hole
• /-ëche-/ (medial) : body
• /-ësi/ : animate intransitive
• /-w/ : 3rd person suffix

Verb

pùkchèsu (vai)

1. he has a hole in his body, there is a hole in his body

References

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