lokèns

Unami

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *welaˑkani (“bowl, plate”). Cognate with Abenaki welôgan, Penobscot wə̀lαkan, Massachusett wunnonk, Menominee onākan, Ojibwe onaagan, Fox anâkani, Miami alaakani, Mohegan-Pequot wiyôk.

Noun

lokèns inan (plural lokènsa, third-singular possessive ulokèns)

  1. plate, dish
  • lokèns'he

References

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