tèkëne

Unami

Etymology

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Noun

tèkëne inan (adjectival tekënei, locative tèkënink)

  1. forest, woods

Derived terms

  • tekënatae (forest flower)
  • tekënei tipas (roadrunner)
  • tekënei ulèpën (wild onion)
  • tekëneipën (A. americana)
  • tekënàxàm (wild animal)
  • tèkënaki (woodland)
  • wemahtekëne (throughout the forest)
  • wemahtekënis (woods-dwarf)

References

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