sasapis

Unami

Etymology

By surface analysis, sapële (“it shines, it is shiny”, the initial sa- is a reduplication) +‎ -is (nominalizing suffix).

Noun

sasapis anim (plural sasapisàk)

  1. firefly, lightning bug

References

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