ahkëninkeokàn
Unami
Etymology
From ahkënim (“talk about (animate object)”, verb stem) + -ke (“detransitivizes stem”, verb final) + -wakàn (“forms abstract nouns from verbs”, suffix)
Noun
ahkëninkeokàn inan (plural ahkëninkeokàna)
- gossip
References
- Rementer, Jim; Pearson, Bruce L. (2005), “ahkëninkeokàn”, in Leneaux, Grant; Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project
- O'meara, John (2003). Native Languages: A Support Document for the Teaching of Language Patterns: Delaware. Retrieved from http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/document/curricul/delaware/delaware.pdf ISBN:0-7794-4029-3