Detailed Entry Information

English:houses

Lenape:wikwahëma [ni]

Sample Sentences

English:Those large houses are ugly.

Lenape:Nèl xinkwèke wikwahëma xahinakohtu.

Historical Example

wikwahemall [1755] houses

Comments

The word derives from an old form related to /-wik-/ "dwell, dwelling" followed by a third person element /-w/ and a once-meaningful suffix /-hm/, to which is suffixed the standard inanimate plural. The singular form has lost the /h/.

Analysis

Form:

wikwahëma

Structure:

wikwahëm-a

Meaning:

house-pl.inan