wisaw-ahsën

Unami

Etymology

From wisaw (yellow) +‎ ahsën (stone).

Noun

wisaw-ahsën inan (adjectival wisaw-ahsëni, plural wisaw-ahsëna)

  1. brass

References

  • (singular): Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “wisaw-ahsën”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project
  • (adjectival): Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “wisaw-ahsëni”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project