sukenepaltewakan

Unami

Etymology
  • /sukënëpal/ (root): throw water
  • /-akàn/ (suffix): makes abstract nouns out of transitive verbs

Cognate with Munsee sookŭnupaasŭwáakan (“baptism”)

Alternate forms
  • sokenukpaaltowoagan (historical)

Noun

sukënëpaltëwakàn inan (plural sukënëpaltëwakàna)

  1. baptism (by sprinkling)

Notes
  • word literally means a sprinkling with water

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