sukëlan

Unami

Etymology

• /suk-/ (verb initial): to pour, to spill
• /ëla/ (verb final): rain
• /-n/ (suffix): nominalizer

From Proto-Algonquian *so·kaθa·nwi (“it is pouring rain”).

Verb

sukëlan (conjunct sukëlànke, future sukëlànch or xu sukëlan, negative sukëlanuu) (inanimate intransitive)

1. (inanimate, intransitive) it rains, it is raining

Related terms

• sukëlàntpi
• sasukëlàn
• sèhsukëlanhès
• sukëlanhe

References

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