tèh

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See also: teh, téh, Teh, TEH, and těh

Unami[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

  • /w-/ (prefix): third person prefix
  • /-teh/ (root): heart
  • This form is the third person singular possessive. As the underlying root /-teh/ is a bound lemma, only appearing in compounds with affixes.

From Proto-Algonquian [Term?]. Cognate with Munsee wdéeh (“his heart”), Mohegan-Pequot wutáh (“his heart”), Ojibwe ode' (“his heart”), Fox otêhi (“his heart”), Montagnais utei (“his heart”), Menominee otǣh (“his heart”), Cree ᐅᑌᐦ (oteh, “his heart”).

Noun[edit]

tèh inan (plural tèha)

  1. heart
  2. his heart

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

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