tèkëne

Unami

Etymology

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Noun

tèkëne inan (plural [Term?], adjectival tekënei, locative tèkënink, obviative [Term?])

  1. forest, woods

Derived terms

  • tekënatae (“forest flower”)
  • tekënei tipas (“roadrunner”)
  • tekënei ulèpën (“wild onion”)
  • tekëneipën (“A. americana”)
  • tekënàxàm (“wild animal”)
  • tèkënaki (“woodland”)
  • wemahtekëne (“throughout the forest”)
  • wemahtekënis (“woods-dwarf”)

References

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