kukhusëwakàn

Unami

Etymology

From kukhusi (to have one's first period) +‎ -akàn (nominal suffix).

Noun

kukhusëwakàn inan (plural kukhusëwakàna)

  1. A woman's puberty.

References

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