pënaònke

Unami

Etymology

Related to pënàse inan (to go downhill, intransitive verb). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

pënaònke inan

  1. cliff

Verb

pënaònke inan

  1. (intransitive) To be downhill.

Derived terms

References

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