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Etymology
From
- /tëntew/ : fire
- /-he/ : to make
- /-w/ : 3rd person suffix
Verb
tëntehwe (animate intransitive verbs)
- (animate, intransitive) he makes fire
References
- Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “tëntehwe”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project