sukëlan

Unami

Etymology

  • /suk-/ (verb initial): to pour, to spill
  • /ëla/ (verb final): rain
  • /-n/ (suffix): nominalizer

From Proto-Algonquian *so·kaθa·nwi (“it is pouring rain”).

Verb

sukëlan (conjunct sukëlànke, future sukëlànch or xu sukëlan, negative sukëlanuu) (inanimate intransitive)

  1. (inanimate, intransitive) it rains, it is raining

References

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