wëshkinkhòkàn

Unami

Etymology

From wëshkinkw (eye, face) +‎ -ikàn (tool suffix).}}

Noun

wëshkinkhòkàn inan (plural wëshkinkhòkàna, genitive wëshkinkhòkàni, locative wëshkinkhòkànink)

  1. (usually in the plural) eyeglass, glasses (when in the plural)
    Nëwëshkinkhòkàna niskeyo.
    My glasses are dirty.

Conjugation

possessive singular conjugation of wëshkinkhòkàn
wëshkinkhòkàn
1st person singular nëwëshkinkhòkàn or nushkinkhòkàn
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References

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