wanànu
Unami
Alternative forms
- wanàno, wonanno
Etymology
Literally his cheek. This word is a third person singular possessive of a dependent noun. That means that it is based on a bound lemma /-anànu-/, only appearing in compounds with affixes.
Cognate with Munsee wánuw (“his cheek”).
Noun
wanànu inan (plural wanànuwa)
- cheek
References
- Rementer, Jim; Pearson, Bruce L. (2005), “wanànu”, in Leneaux, Grant; Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project