nishukwëne

Unami

Alternative forms

• nishukwëni

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) From

• /nish-/: so many, so much, a certain number
• /-kwën-/ (medial): day

Cognate with Ojibwe niizhogon (“two days, for two days”).

Adverb

nishukwëne

1. two days, it lasts two days, for two days

Related terms

Related terms

• kwëtukwëne
• kwëtukwëni
• naxukwëne
• neyukwëni
• neyukwëne
• palenàxk txukwëne
• kwëtash txukwëne
• nishash txukwëne
• xash txukwëne
• pèshkunk txukwëne
• kèxukwëni

References

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