Spanayu

Unami

Alternative forms

  • spanayu (alternative letter-case form)

Etymology

Borrowed from English Spaniard or Spanish español (“Spaniard”).

Noun

Spanayu anim (plural Spanayuwàk or Spanayuòk, adjectival Spanayuwi, locative Spanayuwink)

  1. Spaniard; a Spanish person
  2. a Mexican person

Derived terms

  • Spanayuhwe (“to marry a Mexican person”)

References

  • Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005), “Spanayu”, in Grant Leneaux, Raymond Whritenour, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project
  • Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005), “Spanayuwàk”, in Grant Leneaux, Raymond Whritenour, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project
  • Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005), “spanayuòk”, in Grant Leneaux, Raymond Whritenour, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project
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