kwënashikàn
Unami
Etymology
From kwëni (“long”) + kshikàn (“knife”).
Noun
kwënashikàn inan (plural kwënashikàna)
- A long knife.
Derived terms
- kwènashikànat (“Englishman”)
Related terms
- xinkwshikàn (“big knife”)
- kitshikàn (“big knife”)
References
- Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “kwënashikàn”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project