wënte

Unami

Etymology

From

  • /wën-/:to boil
  • /-te-/: forms inanimate verbs
  • /-w/ (suffix): third person suffix

Cognate with Munsee wúndeew, Ojibwe onde (“it boils”).

Verb

wënte inan (vii)

  1. (inanimate, intransitive) it is boiling, it boils

References

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