luwàn
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Unami[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Cognate with Munsee lóowan (“winter, be winter”)
Noun[edit]
luwàn inan (locative luwàneyunk, adjectival luwàni)
Verb[edit]
luwàn (3sg subjunctive luwànke)
- it is winter
Related terms[edit]
- luwàne (“last winter”)
- lailuwàn (“midwinter”)
- luwànàn'tu (“the winter spirit”)
- luwànàxën (“north wind”)
- Muxumsa Luwàneyunk (“Grandfather of the North”)
References[edit]
- Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “luwàn”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project