ktëmaksëwakàn

Unami

Etymology

• /ktëmak/(stem): pitiful, sad, poor
• /-ësi/(suffix): verbal
• /-wakàn/(suffix): nominalizer

Literally being in a pitiful state.

Noun

ktëmaksëwakàn inan

1. pitiful state
2. a cemetery

References

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