mixekën

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Unami[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Middle element is /xèkën/: fur, body hair.

Cognate with Munsee wiixéekan (body hair).

Noun[edit]

mixekën inan (plural mixekëna)

  1. body hair, fur

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References[edit]

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