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nehënaonkès

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Unami

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Literally “he who carries”, from the stem -nayum- (“to carry on one’s back”), from *nayoᐧmeᐧwa.

Noun

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nehënaonkès anim

  1. horse

Inflection

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  • nehënaonkèsàk (plural)
  • nehënaonkèsink (locative)
  • nehënaonkètët (diminutive)

Derived terms

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References

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