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Etymology
From
- /wën-/:to boil
- /-te-/: forms inanimate verbs
- /-w/ (suffix): third person suffix
Cognate with Munsee wúndeew, Ojibwe onde (“it boils”).
Verb
wënte inan (vii)
- (inanimate, intransitive) it is boiling, it boils
References
- Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “wënte”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project