wihëlahtikàn

Unami

Etymology

From wihëla (“to name one, to identify one”, transitive, animate object) +‎ -ikàn (tool suffix). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “With what interfix (forming -ht-)? Likely suffixed to the initial verb.”)

Noun

wihëlahtikàn inan (plural wihëlahtikàna)

  1. flag
    Near-synonym: màxkelahtikàn

Derived terms

  • màxkhalahtikàn (“red flag”)
  • màxkelahtikàn (“flag”, literally “red flag”)
  • òpalahtikàn (“white flag”)

References

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