ahkwënikàn

Unami

Alternative forms
  • achgonican, achquanican, achquaneman, achquoani'kan

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”).

Noun

ahkwënikàn (plural ahkwënikàna)

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

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

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