tèh

See also: Appendix:Variations of "teh"

Unami

Alternative forms

• wteh

Etymology

• /w-/ (prefix): third person prefix
• /-teh/ (root): heart
• This form is the third person singular possessive. As the underlying root /-teh/ is a bound lemma, only appearing in compounds with affixes.

From Proto-Algonquian [Term?]. Cognate with Munsee wdéeh (“his heart”), Mohegan-Pequot wutáh (“his heart”), Ojibwe ode' (“his heart”), Fox otêhi (“his heart”), Montagnais utei (“his heart”), Menominee otǣh (“his heart”), Cree ᐅᑌᐦ (oteh, “his heart”).

Noun

tèh inan (plural tèha)

1. heart
2. his heart

Derived terms

• wtehim

References

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