shòxe

Unami

Etymology

From

  • /shòx-/: slippery
  • /-e/: inanimate intransitive suffix
  • /-w/ (suffix): third person suffix

Verb

shòxe inan (vii)

  1. (inanimate, intransitive) it is slippery

References

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