chikënëm

Unami

Etymology

Cognate to Abenaki nahama, Mohegan-Pequot náham.

Noun

chikënëm anim (plural chikënëmuk, adjectival chikënëmwi, obviative chikënëma, third-singular possessive wchikënëma)

  1. turkey

Derived terms

References

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