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Etymology
Literally his cheek. This word is a third person singular possessive of a dependent noun. That means that it is based on a bound lemma /-anànu-/, only appearing in compounds with affixes.
Cognate with Munsee wánuw (“his cheek”), Mohegan-Pequot wanonaw (“his cheek”), Massachusett wannônaw (“his cheek”).
Noun
wanànu inan (plural wanànuwa)
- cheek
References
- Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “wanànu”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project