sukenepaltewakan
Unami
Etymology
- /sukënëpal/ (root): throw water
- /-akàn/ (suffix): makes abstract nouns out of transitive verbs
Cognate with Munsee sookŭnupaasŭwáakan (“baptism”)
Alternate forms
- sokenukpaaltowoagan (historical)
Noun
sukënëpaltëwakàn inan (plural sukënëpaltëwakàna)
- baptism (by sprinkling)
Notes
- word literally means a sprinkling with water
References
- Rementer, Jim; Pearson, Bruce L. (2005), “sukënëpaltëwakàn”, in Leneaux, Grant; Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project