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Etymology
From
- /wëski/: young
- /-ìnu-: man
Cognate with Munsee wuskíilŭnuw (“young man”).
Noun
skìnu anim (plural skìnuwàk, diminutive skìnutët, obviative skìnuwa, absentative skìnunka, pejorative skìnushësh, vocative skìnuwtuk)
- young man
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References
- Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “skìnu”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project