ahkwënikàn

Unami

Alternative forms

  • achgonican, achquanican, achquaneman, achquoani'kan

Usage notes

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) The suffix is -ikàn (tool, implement).

Noun

ahkwënikàn (plural ahkwënikàna)

  1. net, fishing net
  2. seine
  3. fishing dam, fence used to trap fish

Synonyms

  • answikàn (fishing net, seine)
  • mëtakwikàn

References

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