neyukwëni

Unami

Alternative forms

• neyukwëne

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) From

• /ney-/: four
• /-kwën-/ (medial): day

Cognate with Ojibwe niiyogon (“four days”).

Adverb

neyukwëni

1. it lasts four days, for four days

Related terms

Related terms

• kwëtukwëne
• kwëtukwëni
• nishukwëne
• naxukwëne
• palenàxk txukwëne
• kwëtash txukwëne
• nishash txukwëne
• xash txukwëne
• pèshkunk txukwëne
• kèxukwëni
• txukwëne
• xahelukwëni

References

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