wtun

Unami

Alternative forms

• tun

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *wetoᐧni (“his mouth”).

• /w-/(prefix): third person prefix
• /tun/: mouth

Noun

wtun inan (plural wtuna, locative wtunink)

1. mouth

Derived terms

(Related terms):

• alëtune
• kaxktune
• kshixtunhe
• kwënëtune
• mhuktune
• màxktune
• nisktune
• piltune
• pimtune
• pimtunehële
• pàktune
• skàptune
• sëktune
• tunktune
• tunktunèxin
• tànktune
• xinkwtune
• òptune

References

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