wtun

Unami

Alternative forms

• tun

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *wetoᐧni (“his mouth”).

• /w-/(prefix): third person prefix
• /tun/: mouth

Noun

wtun inan (plural wtuna, locative wtunink)

1. mouth

Derived terms

Related terms

• pimtunehële
• kshixtunhe
• tunktunèxin
• tunktune
• òptune
• skàptune
• tànktune
• alëtune
• màxktune
• kwënëtune
• pàktune
• kaxktune
• nisktune
• pimtune
• piltune
• mhuktune
• sëktune
• xinkwtune

References

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