màxkahsënikaon

Unami

Etymology

From màxkahsën (“brick”, literally “red stone”) +‎ -ikaon (“building”).

Noun

màxkahsënikaon inan (plural màxkahsënikaona, diminutive màxkahsënikaon'tët, locative màxkahsënikaonink, genitive màxkahsënikaoni)

  1. A brick house or other building made of brickwork.

References

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