nehënaonkès

Unami

Alternative forms

  • nehënayunkès

Etymology

Literally “he who carries”, from the stem -nayum- (“to carry on one’s back”), from *nayoᐧmeᐧwa.

Noun

nehënaonkès anim (plural nehënaonkèsàk, diminutive nehënaonkètët, locative nehënaonkèsink)

  1. horse

Derived terms

References

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