ahkwënikàn

Unami

Alternative forms

• achgonican, achquanican, achquaneman, achquoani'kan

Usage notes

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) The suffix is -ikàn (“tool, implement”).

Noun

ahkwënikàn (plural ahkwënikàna)

1. net, fishing net
2. seine
3. fishing dam, fence used to trap fish

Synonyms

• answikàn (“fishing net, seine”)
• mëtakwikàn

References

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