wèhènchiopànk

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Etymology

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From

  • /wënchi/: from, whence, from which place
  • /òpàn/: it dawns, it becomes light

Literally, place whence the sun rises, a fairly common etymology for words meaning "east": compare for example Latin oriēns and Ancient Greek ἀνατολή (anatolḗ).

Noun

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wèhènchiopànk

  1. east

Synonyms

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References

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