sapëlehële
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From
- /sapële/ : to shine
- /-hële/ : movement, change
Cognate with Munsee saapŭléhleew (“there is lightning”).
Verb
[edit]sapëlehële inan (vii)
- there is lightning
Derived terms
[edit]- sasapëlehële (reduplication)
References
[edit]- Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “sapëlehële”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project