skìnu
Appearance
Unami
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From
- /wëski/: young
- /-ìnu-: man
Cognate with Munsee wuskíilŭnuw (“young man”).
Noun
[edit]skìnu anim (plural skìnuwàk, diminutive skìnutët, obviative skìnuwa, absentative skìnunka, pejorative skìnushësh, vocative skìnuwtuk)
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “skìnu”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project