shawihikàn

Unami

Etymology

From *shawihe (“to be an edge”, from shawi (“edge, on the edge”) + -he (verb suffix)) +‎ -akàn (noun suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌʃaː.wiːˈhiː.kan/
  • Rhymes: -iːkan

Noun

shawihikàn inan (plural shawihikàna, adjectival shawihikàni, diminutive shawihikàn'tët, locative shawihikànink)

  1. Seashore, beach.

References

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