alëwii

Unami

Etymology

Cognate with Mahican aanweewe (“more”), Massachusett ánue (“more”), Munsee alúwii (“more, more than”), Mohegan-Pequot áyuwi (“more”), Menominee anīw (“more, farther, too much, beyond”), Montagnais anu (“more”).

Particle

alëwii

  1. more

Derived terms

References

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