anakànahe

Unami

Etymology

• /ànakàna/ : reed mats
• /-he/: make, do, cause to do

From Proto-Algonquian *ana:xkyan-ehke:-wa (“make reed mats”). Menominee anāhkyanǣhkaew.

Verb

anakànahe (animate intransitive)

1. (animate, intransitive) he/she makes reed mats, weaves reed mats

References

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