aptunakàn

Unami

Etymology

From

• /tun/: (root) mouth
• /-he/ (stem) : do, act
• /-wakàn/ (suffix): nominalizer

Cognate with Mahican ãaptoonaawãakun (“word, speech”), Munsee aaptonáakan.

Noun

aptunakàn inan (plural aptunakàna)

1. word, talk

Related terms

Related terms

• aptunhe
• kimtunhe
• kishtunhe
• lëtunhe
• pëmëtunhe
• pëmëtunheokàn
• wit'tunhe
• winktunhe
• wëlëtunhe
• èltunhèt
• alëmtunhe
• ahkëshaptunhe
• ahchiptunhe
• ahchipaptunhe
• ahchanëtunhe
• ahamëshèktunhe
• shàxahkaptune
• shàxahkaptunakàn
• pitaptune
• mahtaptune

References

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