palishpèxën
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Etymology
From
- /palish-/: extending over
- /-pe-/: indicates that a verb relates to water
- /èxën/ (suffix): indicates a state of lying, sitting in a place
Verb
palishpèxën inan (vii)
- (inanimate, intransitive) it is overflowing, it overflows
Related terms
References
- Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “palishpèxën”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project