nune

From nun +‎ -e.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnune/

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• Rhymes: -une
• Syllabification: nu‧ne

nune

1. nowadays

nune

1. but (after a negative clause) (i.e., "but rather", "but only", or "but rather only")

   Ali ya talkanta, nune artista. ― He is not a singer, but an actor.

Inherited from Proto-Algonquian *no·niwa (“to suckle”).

nune (VAI (animate-subject intransitive))

1. To suckle, to be suckling, to breastfeed.

• nuneyëweokàn

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