alawixënëwakàn
Unami
Etymology
- /ala-/: stop
- /wixën/: to cook
- /-wakàn/: nominalizer
Literally stopping cooking, ceasing to cook.
Noun
alawixënëwakàn inan
- menstruation
References
- Rementer, Jim; Pearson, Bruce L. (2005), Leneaux, Grant; Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project