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Etymology
From
- /palish-/: extending over
- /-pe-/: indicates that a verb relates to water
- /-w/ (suffix): third person suffix
Cognate with Malecite-Passamaquoddy palitpe (“it is overflowing”), Ojibwe bazhidebii.
Verb
palishpe inan (vii)
- (inanimate, intransitive) it is overflowing, it overflows
Palishpe yu sipu.- The creek overflowed.
References
- Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “palishpe”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project