pitae

Unami

Etymology

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• /pitaw/ (stem): double
• /-e-/ (verb final)
• /-w/ (suffix): third person suffix

Verb

pitae inan (inanimate intransitive)

1. (inanimate, intransitive) double, it is double

Related terms

• pitaòpehële
• pitaòksën
• pitaèkixën
• pitawënte
• pitaikaon
• pitaòksënahëma

References

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