palishpèxën

Unami

Etymology

From

  • /palish-/: extending over
  • /-pe-/: indicates that a verb relates to water
  • /èxën/ (suffix): indicates a state of lying, sitting in a place

Verb

palishpèxën inan (vii)

  1. (inanimate, intransitive) it is overflowing, it overflows

References

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