kwënashikàn
Unami
Etymology
From kwëni (“long”) + kshikàn (“knife”).
Noun
kwënashikàn inan (plural kwënashikàna)
- a long knife
Derived terms
- kwènashikànat (“Englishman”)
Related terms
- xinkwshikàn (“big knife”)
- kitshikàn (“big knife”)
References
- Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005), “kwënashikàn”, in Grant Leneaux, Raymond Whritenour, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project