wënchixën

Unami

Etymology

From wënchi (“from”) +‎ -ixën.

Cognate with Munsee wunjíixun (“it comes from a certain place”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

wënchixën (VII (inanimate-subject intransitive))

  1. it comes from (a certain place), comes from there

References

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