ahkwënikàn

Unami

Alternative forms

  • achgonican, achquanican, achquaneman, achquoani'kan

Noun

ahkwënikàn (plural ahkwënikàna)

  1. net, fishing net
  2. seine
  3. fishing dam, fence used to trap fish

Usage notes

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) The suffix is -ikàn (“tool, implement”).

Synonyms

  • answikàn (“fishing net, seine”)
  • mëtakwikàn

References

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