xinkwshikàn

Unami

Alternative forms

• xinkòshikàn (proscribed)

Etymology

From xinkwi (“big, large”) +‎ kshikàn (“knife”).

Noun

xinkwshikàn inan (plural xinkwshikàna)

1. a big knife

References

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