nahënëm

Unami

Etymology

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Noun

nahënëm anim (plural nahënëmuk, obviative nahënëma, adjectival nahënëmwi)

1. raccoon

References

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