awènhake

Unami

Etymology

From awèn (“person; someone”) +‎ -hake (“tribesman”, in compounds).

Noun

awènhake anim (plural awènhakeyok)

  1. A Native American of an unknown tribe; any Native American who belongs to a tribe which is unknown.

References

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