tëntehwe

Unami

Etymology

From

• /tëntew/ : fire
• /-he/ : to make
• /-w/ : 3rd person suffix

Verb

tëntehwe (animate intransitive verbs)

1. (animate, intransitive) he makes fire

Related terms

• tëntay
• tënteyu

References

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