mikwëni tëmp

Unami

Etymology

Calque of English feather-brain. By surface analysis, mikwëni (“of feather(s)”, genitive noun) +‎ tëmp (“brain”).

Noun

mikwëni tëmp anim (plural [Term?])

  1. (neologism, derogatory, metonymic) feather-brain

Usage notes

  • Since the term refers to the person metonymically rather than the brain itself, it takes on the animate inflection.

References

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