tëntehwe

Unami

Etymology

From

  • /tëntew/ : fire
  • /-he/ : to make
  • /-w/ : 3rd person suffix

Verb

tëntehwe (animate intransitive verbs)

  1. (animate, intransitive) he makes fire

References

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