pùkwënëmën

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Unami

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Etymology

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From

  • /pukw-/ (initial) : hole
  • /-ën-/ (medial): act on by handling, with the hands
  • /-ëm/ : Class 1b Transitive Inanimate theme sign
  • /-n/ : inanimate suffix

Verb

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pùkwënëmën inan (vti)

  1. (inanimate, transitive) He handled it so much that it made a hole in it, he made a hole in it with his hand

References

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