pënàsixën

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Unami

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Etymology

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From

  • /pëna-/: down
  • /-èxën/ (suffix): indicates a state of lying, sitting in a place

Verb

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pënàsixën inan (vii)

  1. (inanimate, intransitive) it goes downward, it slopes downhill
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References

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