shinkaltëwakàn

Unami

Etymology

• /shinkal/ (verb stem):dislike (somebody)
• /wakàn/ (suffix) : forms abstract nouns from transitive verbs

Noun

shinkaltëwakàn inan (plural shinkaltëwakàna)

1. hatred, dislike (of somebody, something (animate)).

References

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