tëlëmp

Unami

Etymology

Borrowed from English trump, an ellipsis of Jew's-trump, itself from French jeu-trompe (“toy trumpet”).

Noun

tëlëmp inan (plural *tëlëmpa)

  1. (music) A Jew's harp.

References

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