wëshkinkw

Unami

Alternative forms

  • -inkw- (in compounds)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Algonquian *weški·nšekwi (eye).

Noun

wëshkinkw inan (plural wëshkinko, locative wëshkinkunk, possessive nëshkinkw or nëwëshkinkw)

  1. eye, face

Declension

possessives of wëshkinkw
singular plural
1st person nëshkinkw/nëwëshkinkw inclusive [[]];
exclusive [[]]
2nd person këshkinkw [Term?]
3rd person wëshkinkw/ushkinkëm [Term?]

Derived terms

Related terms
  • ahaonshkinkwe
  • ahkèpinkwe
  • ahpimshkinkwe
  • aluktëlinkwe
  • amànkshkinkwe
  • ayahinkwèxin
  • chinkaltëlinkwe
  • kaxktëlinkwe
  • kwëtshkinkwe
  • kwùtkinkwèxin
  • këlëksuwinkwèxin
  • manunkinkwèxin
  • mixaninkwe
  • mixaninkwehële
  • màmkihtëlinkweokàn
  • màxktëlinkwe
  • màxktëlinkwehële
  • nisktëlinkwe
  • opinkw
  • opinkwe
  • Paxinkw
  • piltëlinkwe
  • pimtëlinkwe
  • pisëlinkwe
  • pàktëlinkwe
  • pòkinkwe
  • pòkinkwehële
  • shëshawëshkinkwe
  • skàptëlinkwe
  • spinkw
  • sëktëlinkwe
  • sëpinkwe
  • sësàptëlinkwe
  • sësëkshkinkwe
  • tànktëlinkwe
  • tòktëlinkwe
  • tùkwtëlinkwe
  • wisëwëtëlinkwe
  • wixëwëtëlinkwe
  • wëlëtëlinkwe
  • wëshkinkwine
  • xinkwtëlinkwe
  • òpshkinkwe
  • òptikinkwehële
  • òwëlshkinkwe

References

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