tunkshehële

Unami

Etymology

From

  • /tunk-/ (initial): open
  • /-ëshe-/ (medial) : opening
  • /-hële/ (final): moves, happens, goes, changes

Verb

tunkshehële inan (vii)

  1. (inanimate, intransitive) it came open, it opened

References

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