sukenepaltewakan

Unami edit

Alternative forms edit

sokenukpaaltowoagan (historical)

Etymology edit

/sukënëpal/ (root): throw water
/-akàn/ (suffix): makes abstract nouns out of transitive verbs

Cognate with Munsee sookŭnupaasŭwáakan (“baptism”)

Noun edit

sukënëpaltëwakàn inan (plural sukënëpaltëwakàna)

baptism (by sprinkling)

Usage notes edit

word literally means a sprinkling with water

References edit

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

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