Tènësi

Unami

Etymology

Borrowed from English Tennessee.

Proper noun

Tènësi ?

  1. Tennessee (a state of the United States)
    • c. 1960s, Tom Dooley, “Tam Tulpe [Tom Turtle]”, in Nora Thompson Dean, transl., The Lenape Talking Dictionary‎[1]:
      Mata tunkkean kèpchat, Ntàpi a mah Tènësi.
      If the fool had not caught me, I might be be[sic] in Tennessee.

References

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