ahkwënikàn
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Alternative forms edit
Usage notes edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) The suffix is -ikàn (“tool, implement”).
Noun edit
ahkwënikàn (plural ahkwënikàna)
- net, fishing net
- seine
- fishing dam, fence used to trap fish
Synonyms edit
- answikàn (“fishing net, seine”)
- mëtakwikàn
References edit
- Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “ahkwënikàn”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project