txukwëne

Unami

Alternative forms

• txukwëni

Etymology

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

• /tx-/: so many, so much, a certain number
• /-kwën-/ (medial): day

Cognate with Ojibwe dasogon (“so many days, a certain number of days”)

Adverb

txukwëne

1. a certain number of days, for so many days

Related terms

Related terms

• kwëtukwëne
• kwëtukwëni
• nishukwëne
• naxukwëne
• neyukwëni
• neyukwëne
• palenàxk txukwëne
• kwëtash txukwëne
• nishash txukwëne
• xash txukwëne
• pèshkunk txukwëne
• kèxukwëni
• xahelukwëni
• kishkwëni
• piskewëni

References

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