tëntay

Unami

Alternative forms

  • tindey, taenda, tendey (obsolete orthography)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tən.tɑi/

Noun

tëntay (plural tënteyo, adjectival tëntei, locative tënteyunk)

  1. fire

Conjugation

possessives of tëntay
singular plural
1st person ntënteyëm inclusive [[[Term?]]];
exclusive [[[Term?]]]
2nd person [Term?] [Term?]
3rd person [Term?] [Term?]

Derived terms

  • tënteyu (“it burns”, intransitive animate)
  • atehëmën (“he put out the fire”)
  • tëntehwe (“he lights a fire”)
  • tënte-tëpchehëlas (“train”)

References

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