òxùkweokàn

Unami

Etymology

From òxukw (to cough) +‎ -wakàn (abstract suffix).

Noun

òxùkweokàn inan (plural òxùkweokàna)

  1. A cough.
  2. (figuratively) A bad illness.

References

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