palishpète

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Etymology

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From

  • /palish-/: extending over
  • /-pe-/: indicates that a verb relates to water
  • /te/ (suffix): to boil
  • /-w/ (suffix): third person suffix

Verb

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palishpète inan (vii)

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

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