mixekën

Unami

Etymology

Middle element is /xèkën/: fur, body hair.

Cognate with Munsee wiixéekan (“body hair”).

Noun

mixekën inan (plural mixekëna)

1. body hair, fur

Related terms

• ahtuhwixèkën
  • musixèkën
  • chinkalxèkëne
  • kwënixèkëne
  • màxkixèkëne
  • niskixèkëne
  • penkwixèkëne
  • skàpixèkëne
  • sësàpixèkëne
  • tòkixèkëne
  • wëlixèkëne
  • òpixèkëne

 

See also

• milàxk

References

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