Toggle navigation
Getting Started
Lessons
Stories
Videos
Historical Examples
About Us
Contact Us
Lenape Talking Dictionary
By English WORD or PHRASE
By Lenape WORD or PHRASE
Detailed Entry Information
English:
white person
Lenape:
shëwanàkw [na]
Sample Sentences
English:
The white man was just sitting there.
Lenape:
Na shëwanàkw wëli lëmatahpu.
English:
He is a white person.
Lenape:
Shëwanàkw nàn.
Historical Example
Schoannak [1760] a White
Shewunuk [1824] Whites
Analysis
Form:
shëwanàkw
Structure:
shëwanàkw
Meaning:
white.person