wanànu

Unami

Alternative forms

• wanàno, wonanno

Etymology

Literally his cheek. This word is a third person singular possessive of a dependent noun. That means that it is based on a bound lemma /-anànu-/, only appearing in compounds with affixes.

Cognate with Munsee wánuw (“his cheek”), Mohegan-Pequot wanonaw (“his cheek”), Massachusett wannônaw (“his cheek”).

Noun

wanànu inan (plural wanànuwa)

1. cheek

References

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