shipcheokàn

Unami

Etymology

From shipchei (to stretch the body) +‎ -akàn (abstract-noun suffix). Further from Proto-Algonquian *ši·pi·wa.

Noun

shipcheokàn inan (plural shipcheokàna)

  1. (exercise) stretching

References

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