nehënaonkès

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Unami[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Literally “he who carries”, from the stem -nayum- (“to carry on one’s back”), from *nayoᐧmeᐧwa.

Noun[edit]

nehënaonkès anim

  1. horse

Inflection[edit]

  • nehënaonkèsàk (plural)
  • nehënaonkèsink (locative)
  • nehënaonkètët (diminutive)

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References[edit]

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