tëpënëm

Unami

Etymology

From tëp- (“to roll”, initial root) +‎ -ën- (“handling, with the hands”) +‎ -ëm (transitive inanimate) +‎ -n (inanimate suffix).

Verb

tëpënëm inan

  1. (transitive, inanimate) he/she twirls, twists or rolls it

References

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