michëwakàn

Unami

Alternative forms

• mitsëwakàn
• mitsuwakàn

Etymology

From

• /mitsi/ (root): to eat
• /-wakàn/ (suffix): nominalizer

Cognate with Munsee miichŭwáakan, Mahican meetthowãakun, Mohegan-Pequot micuwôk.

Noun

michëwakàn inan (plural michëwakàna)

1. food

Synonyms

• mehëmichink

References

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