kuweapëlìsh

Unami

Etymology

Calque of English pineapple, as kuwe (“pine”) +‎ apëlìsh (apple), though also possible to be a calque of Dutch pijnappel as well.

Noun

kuweapëlìsh anim (plural kuweapëlìshàk, diminutive kuweapëlìshtët)

  1. pineapple

References

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