wtun
Unami
Alternative forms
- tun
Etymology
From Proto-Algonquian *wetoᐧni (“his mouth”).
- /w-/(prefix): third person prefix
- /tun/: mouth
Noun
wtun inan (plural wtuna, locative wtunink)
- mouth
Derived terms
Related terms
- pimtunehële
- kshixtunhe
- tunktunèxin
- tunktune
- òptune
- skàptune
- tànktune
- alëtune
- màxktune
- kwënëtune
- pàktune
- kaxktune
- nisktune
- pimtune
- piltune
- mhuktune
- sëktune
- xinkwtune
References
- Rementer, Jim; Pearson, Bruce L. (2005), “tun”, in Leneaux, Grant; Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project