mamantuhwis

Unami

Etymology

From mamantuhwi (“to spin around”) +‎ -s (nominal suffix).

Noun

mamantuhwis anim (plural mamantuhwisàk)

  1. whirligig beetle (Gyrinidae)

References

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