tèkhane

Unami

Etymology

From tè inan (“cold”) +‎ -hàne (“river”).

Noun

tèkhane inan (plural *tèkhaneyok)

  1. A cold river.

Synonyms

  • (cold river): tëpihane, tëpihanèk (near-synonyms)

Descendants

  • → English: Tacony

References

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