òpalhùkwe

Unami

Alternative forms

  • òpalhùko, (abbreviation) òphùkwe

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Algonquian *wa·pexkwe·wa anim (to be white-haired).

By surface analysis, òp- (white) +‎ alhùkwe (to have hair, of human(s); in compounds).

Verb

òpalhùkwe anim

  1. (intransitive, of a human) To be white-haired.

Conjugation

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References

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