luwàn
Unami
Etymology
Cognate with Munsee lóowan (“winter, be winter”)
Noun
luwàn inan (locative luwàneyunk, adjectival luwàni)
- winter, wintertime
- north
Verb
luwàn (3sg subjunctive luwànke)
- it is winter
Related terms
- luwàne (“last winter”)
- lailuwàn (“midwinter”)
- luwànàn'tu (“the winter spirit”)
- luwànàxën (“north wind”)
- Muxumsa Luwàneyunk (“Grandfather of the North”)
References
- Rementer, Jim; Pearson, Bruce L. (2005), “luwàn”, in Leneaux, Grant; Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project