shëwànhakink

See also: Shëwànhakink

Unami

Etymology

From shëwàn (“salty”) +‎ hàki (“land”) +‎ -ink (locative suffix), literally “saltland”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌʃəː.wanˈhaː.kiːnk/
  • Rhymes: -aːkiːnk

Noun

shëwànhakink inan

  1. A saltland; where the land is salty.

Derived terms

References

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