shaòpihële

Unami

Etymology

From

• /shaòpi/: to shrink
• /-hële/ (final):movement, change
• /-w/ (suffix): third person suffix

Verb

shaòpihële inan (plural shaòpihëleyo) (vii)

1. (inanimate, intransitive) it shrank, it is withered

Synonyms

• wchihële (vii)

References

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