ahkëninkeokàn

Unami

Etymology

From ahkënim (“talk about (animate object)”, verb stem) +‎ -ke (“detransitivizes stem”, verb final) +‎ -wakàn (“forms abstract nouns from verbs”, suffix).

Noun

ahkëninkeokàn inan (plural ahkëninkeokàna)

gossip

References

Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “ahkëninkeokàn”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project
O'meara, John (2003). Native Languages: A Support Document for the Teaching of Language Patterns: Delaware. Retrieved from http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/document/curricul/delaware/delaware.pdf ISBN:0-7794-4029-3