pilsëwakàn

Unami

Etymology

From pilsi (to be clean) +‎ -akàn (nominal inanimate suffix).

Noun

pilsëwakàn inan (plural pilsëwakàna)

  1. cleanliness
  2. chastity; chasteness

References

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