wèhènchiopànk
Unami
Etymology
From
- /wënchi/: from, whence, from which place
- /òpàn/: it dawns, it becomes light
Literally Place whence the sun rises.
Noun
wèhènchiopànk
- east
Synonyms
- wënchi kchinkwehëlak
References
- Rementer, Jim; Pearson, Bruce L. (2005), “wèhènchiopànk”, in Leneaux, Grant; Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project