tekëneipën

Unami

Etymology

From tèkëne (“forest”) +‎ hopënis (“potato”, contracted).

Noun

tekëneipën anim (plural tekëneipënàk)

  1. groundnut plant (Apios americana)

Usage notes

  • While the Lenape Talking Dictionary lists this noun's animacy as inanimate, it utilizes an animate suffix in the plural. Generally, nuts are not animate; but since this refers to the plant itself, not necessarily the product of said plant, it is animate.

References

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