sukëlan

Unami

Etymology

/suk-/ (verb initial): to pour, to spill
/ëla/ (verb final):rain
/-n/ (suffix): nominalizer

Cognate with Mohegan-Pequot sokuyôn (“it rains”), Munsee sóokǔlaan (“it rains”), Malecite-Passamaquoddy sukalan/Malecite-Passamaquoddy sukolan (“it rains heavily, it pours”), Penobscot sòkəlαn (“it rains”), Abenaki sogl8n (“it rains”),

Verb

sukëlan (conjunct sukëlànke, future sukëlànch or xu sukëlan, negative sukëlanuu) (inanimate intransitive)

(inanimate, intransitive) it rains, it is raining

Related terms

sukëlàntpi
sasukëlàn
sèhsukëlanhès
sukëlanhe

References

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

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