xkwe
Unami
Etymology
From Proto-Algonquian *eθkwe·wa (“(young)woman”).
Noun
xkwe anim (plural xkweyòk, obviative xkweyo, diminutive xkwewtët, vocative xkwèchi, adjectival xkwei)
- woman, lady
- female
Derived terms
- ahopexkwe
- ahuxkwe
- alawixënit xkwe
- awènhakèxkwe
- kèpchuxkwe
- kètanichanit xkwe
- kìkuwi xkwe
- kòthuxkwe
- Lënapèxkwe
- lëpwèxkwe
- mahtahuxkwe
- mëtèxkwe
- nikanixit xkwe
- pilsit skixkwe
- sakimaxkwe
- shëwanàkuxkwe
- skixkwe
- sëkahkolèxkwe
- wènichanit xkwe
- xkwechëch
- xkwechìshtët
- xkwehële
- xkwexàm
Related terms
- xawshisës
- xawësh
- aimalàxàm
- nushèxàm
References
- Rementer, Jim; Pearson, Bruce L. (2005), “xkwe”, in Leneaux, Grant; Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project