wëli Newiyal

Unami

Etymology

By surface analysis, wëli (“good, well”) +‎ Newiyal (“New Year”, itself borrowed from English).

Phrase

wëli Newiyal!

  1. happy New Year!

References

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