pàkchale

Unami

Etymology

• /pàk/ : flat
• /chal/ : nose
• /-w/ (suffix): third person suffix

Cognate with Munsee pàkcháaleew (“have a flat nose”).

Verb

pàkchale (third plural indicative pàkchaleyok) (animate intransitive)

1. (animate, intransitive) he/she has a flat nose

Related terms

• kaxkchale
• kwënëchale
• màxkchale
• niskchale
• pakëlëncha
• pilchale
• pimchale
• pisëlëchale
• pukwchale
• pàkahpon
• pàkan
• pàkaonke
• pàkchealàxksit
• pàke
• pàkhaksëne
• pàkhatàkw
• pàkitaoke
• pàktune
• pàktëlinkwe
• pàkënchu
• pàkënëmën
• shapchale
• skàpchale
• sëkchale
• tànkchale
• tòkchale
• wisëwëchale
• xinkwchale
• òpchale

 

References

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