mwekane

Unami

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Munsee mwaakaneew (“dog”).

Noun

mwekane anim (plural mwekàneyok, obviative mwekàneyo, diminutive mwekanètët, adjectival mwekànei, plural absentative mwekàneyunkahke)

1. dog

possessives of mwekane

	singular	plural
1st person	nëmwekaneyëm	inclusive këmwekaneyëmëna; exclusive nëmwekaneyëmëna
2nd person	këmwekaneyëm	[Term?]
3rd person	mwekàneyëm	mwekàneyëmëwoo

Derived terms

• kèpcheonkëlëk mwekane
• mwekaneikaon
• mwekaneimakwsu
• mwekaneinakwsu
• mwekanewchi

References

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