wëshkinkw

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Unami

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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  • Literally his face. the stem -ëshkinkw- is a bound or 'dependent' lemma, which can only appear in compounds with affixes.

Noun

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wëshkinkw inan (plural wëshkinko, locative wëshkinkunk, possessed nëshkinkw/nëwëshkinkw)

  1. eye, face
  2. (dependent noun) third-person singular pos of -ëshkinkw- (eye, face)

Usage notes

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Dependent noun stems cannot be used without prefixes or suffixes.

Derived terms

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References

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