luwàn

Unami

Etymology

Cognate with Munsee lóowan (“winter, be winter”)

Noun

luwàn inan (locative luwàneyunk, adjectival luwàni)

  1. winter, wintertime
  2. north

Verb

luwàn inan (3sg subjunctive luwànke)

  1. (intransitive) To be winter.
  • luwàne (“last winter”)
  • lailuwàn (“midwinter”)
  • luwànàn'tu (“the winter spirit”)
  • luwànàxën (“north wind”)
  • Muxumsa Luwàneyunk (“Grandfather of the North”)
  • luwànhaki (“northland”)

References

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