lokèns

Unami

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *welaˑkani (“bowl, plate”). Cognate with Abenaki welôgan, Penobscot wə̀lαkan, Massachusett wunnonk, Menominee onākan, Ojibwe onaagan, Fox anâkani, Miami alaakani, Mohegan-Pequot wiyôk.

Noun

lokèns inan (plural lokènsa, 3sg possessed ulokèns)

1. plate, dish

Related terms

• lokèns'he

References

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