Detailed Entry Information

English:Looking Small (Delaware name for Tonganoxie KS)

Lenape:tànkinakwsi

Unstressed /ë/ is elided. Additional pronunciation changes took place in the process of borrowing the word into English.

Form:

tànkinakwsi

Structure:

tànk-i-nakw-ësi

Meaning:

small-cnct-look-vb