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Etymology
From
- /wënchi/: from, whence, from which place
- /òpàn/: it dawns, it becomes light
Literally, place whence the sun rises, a fairly common etymology for words meaning "east": compare for example Latin oriēns and Ancient Greek ἀνατολή (anatolḗ).
Noun
wèhènchiopànk
- east
Synonyms
References
- Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “wèhènchiopànk”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project