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Lenape Talking Dictionary
By English WORD or PHRASE
By Lenape WORD or PHRASE
60 Dictionary Entry Search Results For "kweni"
English:
fishing net
Lenape:
ahkwënikàn
English:
fishing nets
Lenape:
ahkwënikàna
English:
whip-poor-will (Caprimulgus vociferus)
Lenape:
chëkwënilhwia
English:
whip-poor-will's song (recording of his song only)
Lenape:
chëkwënilhwia pe asuwit
English:
around his neck
Lenape:
hùkwèni
English:
on his neck
Lenape:
hùkwènin
English:
several days (later)
Lenape:
kèxukwëni
English:
during the day
Lenape:
kishkwëni
English:
you glue it
Lenape:
kpsàkwëni
English:
you lead me by the hand
Lenape:
ksakakwëni
English:
you wear something around your neck
Lenape:
kukwèni
English:
long
Lenape:
kwëni
English:
long house
Lenape:
kwënikaon
English:
it grows tall; it grows long
Lenape:
kwënikën
English:
day by day; every day
Lenape:
kwënikishùkw
English:
he grows tall
Lenape:
kwëniku
English:
they all live in one house
Lenape:
kwènikuwàk
English:
he sighs
Lenape:
kwënilèxe
English:
he has long wings
Lenape:
kwënilunkòne
English:
it looks long
Lenape:
kwëninakòt
English:
she stands for a long time
Lenape:
kwëninipai
English:
panther, mountain lion, cougar, puma
Lenape:
kwènishkwënayas
English:
panthers, mountain lions, cougars, pumas
Lenape:
kwènishkwënayasàk
English:
he has a long ear
Lenape:
kwënitaoke
English:
he has a long beard; he has long whiskers
Lenape:
kwënitunaye
English:
he has long hair (animal)
Lenape:
kwënixèkëne
English:
long neck
Lenape:
kwënixkànkàn
English:
he has a long neck
Lenape:
kwënixkòyae
English:
it lasts six days
Lenape:
kwëtash txukwëni
English:
one night
Lenape:
kwëtukwëni
English:
eveningtime
Lenape:
lòkwëni
English:
he eats supper; he eats the evening meal
Lenape:
lòkwënipu
English:
supper; the evening meal
Lenape:
lòkwënipuwakàn
English:
we eat supper
Lenape:
lòkwënipwihëna
English:
before long
Lenape:
mata kwëni
English:
you will have pus around your neck (a correction to stop someone from talking vulgar)
Lenape:
mëli kukwëni
English:
feather brain (from English, a recent coinage in language class)
Lenape:
mikwëni tëmp
English:
three days; it lasts for three days
Lenape:
naxukwëni
English:
it lasts four days
Lenape:
neyukwëni
English:
for two days; it lasts for two days
Lenape:
nishukwëni
English:
I have a long neck
Lenape:
nkwënixkònae
English:
I eat supper; I eat late
Lenape:
nlòkwënipwi
English:
I have something around my neck
Lenape:
nukwèni
English:
I have a handkerchief around my neck
Lenape:
nukwèni akontpèpi
English:
I have beads around my neck
Lenape:
nukwèni manshapia
English:
it lasts five days
Lenape:
palenàxk txukwëni
English:
dry me!
Lenape:
pènkwëni
English:
glue
Lenape:
psàkwënikàn {DN}
English:
lead me by the hand; hold me by the hand
Lenape:
sahkakwëni
English:
lead us by the hand
Lenape:
sahkakwëninèn
English:
chiropractor; masseur; masseuse
Lenape:
sèhsikwënikès
English:
during the morning to come
Lenape:
sëtpukwëni
English:
the hull is slipping off (this word is used when making hominy at the time the hull slips off the kernel)
Lenape:
shèskwënimihële
English:
rub me; massage me
Lenape:
sikwëni
English:
spring months
Lenape:
sikwëni kishuxàk
English:
during the Autumn
Lenape:
tahkokwëni
English:
pliers; tweezers; anything that holds things together
Lenape:
tahkwënikàn
English:
hobbles; kickers (for a cow); pairs of pliers; pairs of tweezers
Lenape:
tahkwënikàna
English:
many days
Lenape:
xahelukwëni
English:
many days
Lenape:
xelukwëni