òpahsën

Unami

Etymology

By surface analysis, òp- (“white”) +‎ ahsën (“rock”).

Displaced Proto-Algonquian *wa·pa·peθkwi.

Noun

òpahsën inan (plural òpahsëna)

  1. White stone; a white stone.

References

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