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Etymology
From
- /w-/ : 3rd person prefix
- /pik-/ (initial) : to pieces
- /-ën-/ (medial): act on by handling, with the hands
- /-ëm/ : Class 1b Transitive Inanimate theme sign
- /-n/ : inanimate suffix
Verb
pwikënëmën inan (vti)
- (inanimate, transitive) He tears it to pieces, he tears it up, crumbles it
References
- Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “pwikënëmën”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project