wèhènchiopànk

Unami

Etymology

From

/wënchi/: from, whence, from which place
/òpàn/: it dawns, it becomes light

Literally, place whence the sun rises, a fairly common etymology for words meaning "east": compare for example Latin oriēns and Ancient Greek ἀνατολή (anatolḗ).

Noun

wèhènchiopànk

east

Synonyms

wënchi kchinkwehëlak

References

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