ahkwënikàn

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) The suffix is -ikàn (tool, implement).

Noun

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ahkwënikàn (plural ahkwënikàna)

  1. net, fishing net
  2. seine
  3. fishing dam, fence used to trap fish

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References

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