patama

Unami

Etymology

  • /patama/ : pray
  • /-w/ (suffix): third person suffix

Cognate with Massachusett peantam (he prays).

Verb

patama (third plural indicative patamaok) (animate intransitive)

  1. (animate, intransitive) he/she prays

Declension

References

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