xkwe

Unami

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *eθkwe·wa (“(young)woman”).

Noun

xkwe anim (plural xkweyòk, obviative xkweyo, assntative singular xkweyo, absentative plural xkweyunka, diminutive xkwewtët, vocative xkwèchi, adjectival xkwei)

1. woman, lady
2. female

Derived terms

• ahopexkwe
• ahuxkwe
• alawixënit xkwe
• awènhakèxkwe
• kèpchuxkwe
• kètanichanit xkwe
• kìkuwi xkwe
• kòthuxkwe
• Lënapèxkwe
• lëpwèxkwe
• mahtahuxkwe
• mëtèxkwe
• nikanixit xkwe
• pilsit skixkwe
• sakimaxkwe
• shëwanàkuxkwe
• skixkwe
• sëkahkolèxkwe
• wènichanit xkwe
• xkwechëch
• xkwechìshtët
• xkwehële
• xkwexàm

Related terms

• xawshisës
• xawësh
• aimalàxàm
• nushèxàm

References

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