sukënëpaltëwakàn

Unami

Alternative forms

  • sokenukpaaltowoagan (historical)

Etymology

From sukënëpal (“throw water”, root) +‎ -akàn (abstract noun suffix from transitive verbs), literally “sprinkling with water”. Cognate with Munsee sookŭnupaasŭwáakan (“baptism”).

Noun

sukënëpaltëwakàn inan (plural sukënëpaltëwakàna)

  1. baptism (by sprinkling)

References

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