nutamëns'hikàn

Unami

Etymology

From nutamènsi (to be fishing) +‎ -ikàn (tool suffix).

Noun

nutamëns'hikàn inan (plural nutamëns'hikàna)

  1. (fishing) A fishspear, a spear for fishing.

References

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