aptunakàn
Unami
Etymology
By surface analysis, -aptun (“to talk, to speak”) + -akàn (noun suffix).
Cognate with Mahican ãaptoonaawãakun (“word, speech”), Munsee aaptonáakan.
Noun
aptunakàn inan (plural aptunakàna)
Related terms
- ahamëshèktunhe
- ahchanëtunhe
- ahchipaptunhe
- ahchiptunhe
- ahkëshaptunhe
- alëmtunhe
- aptunhe
- kimtunhe
- kishtunhe
- lëtunhe
- mahtaptune
- pitaptune
- pëmëtunhe
- pëmëtunheokàn
- shàxahkaptunakàn
- shàxahkaptune
- winktunhe
- wit'tunhe
- wëlëtunhe
- èltunhèt
References
- Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005), “aptunakàn”, in Grant Leneaux, Raymond Whritenour, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project