pètamehële

Unami

Etymology

• /pèt-/ (preverb): in this direction, hither
• /amehële/ (verb final): run
• /-w/ (suffix): third person suffix

Verb

pètamehële (animate intransitive)

1. (animate, intransitive) he/she runs/is running in this direction

See also

• tèpamehële
• ohëlëmamehële
• alëmamehële
• kshihële
• nikanamehële
• pëmamehële

References

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