nkahèsëna

Unami

Etymology

From n- (first-person prefix) +‎ kahès (“mother”) +‎ -nan (first-person plural suffix).

Noun

nkahèsëna anim

1. first-person plural exclusive possessive of kahès

References

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