wisawsit nehënaonkès

Unami

Etymology

By surface analysis, wisawsit (“yellow one”) +‎ nehënaonkès (“horse”). Perhaps a reanalysis of Proto-Algonquian *wesa·waʔθemwa.

Noun

wisawsit nehënaonkès anim (plural wisawsichik nehënaonkèsàk)

  1. sorrel horse (horse breed)

References

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