nahënëm

Unami

Etymology

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Noun

nahënëm anim (plural nahënëmuk, adjectival nahënëmwi, obviative nahënëma)

1. raccoon

References

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