mwekane

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Munsee mwaakaneew (“dog”).

mwekane anim (plural mwekàneyok, obviative mwekàneyo, diminutive mwekanètët, adjectival mwekànei, plural absentative mwekàneyunkahke)

1. dog

• Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “mwekane”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project