wemahtekëne

Unami

Etymology

From wemah (throughout) +‎ tèkëne (woods) +‎ -e (verb suffix).

Verb

wemahtekëne anim

  1. (intransitive) To be found throughout the forest; to permeate the woods.

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • wemahtekënis (wood dwarf (folklore creature))

References

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