withakeyo

Unami

Etymology 1

By surface analysis, wit- (“with”) +‎ hakei- (“tribe”) +‎ -w (third-person suffix).

Noun

withakeyo anim (plural [Term?], obviative withakeyo, locative withakeyunk)

  1. A tribesmate; a member of the same tribe.

Etymology 2

From withakei (“to be among one's tribesmates”) +‎ -w (third-person suffix).

Verb

withakeyo

  1. third-person singular of withakei

References

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