nkwëntakàn

Unami

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Algonquian *nekwenta·kani (“my throat”).

By surface analysis, n- (first-person prefix) +‎ kwëntakàn (“neck”).

Noun

nkwëntakàn inan (plural nkwëntakàna)

  1. first-person possessive singular of kwëntakàn: my throat.

References

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