nishukwëne

Unami

Alternative forms
  • nishukwëni

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) From

  • /nish-/: so many, so much, a certain number
  • /-kwën-/ (medial): day

Cognate with Ojibwe niizhogon (“two days, for two days”).

Adverb

nishukwëne

  1. two days, it lasts two days, for two days
Related terms
  • kwëtukwëne
  • kwëtukwëni
  • naxukwëne
  • neyukwëni
  • neyukwëne
  • palenàxk txukwëne
  • kwëtash txukwëne
  • nishash txukwëne
  • xash txukwëne
  • pèshkunk txukwëne
  • kèxukwëni

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