aonahsën

Unami

Etymology

From aone inan (“to be blue”) +‎ ahsën (“rock, stone”).

Noun

aonahsën inan (plural aonahsëna)

  1. Blue rock or stone.
  2. turquoise (gemstone)

References

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