txën

Unami

Etymology

From

  • /tx-: so many, so much, a certain number
  • /-n/: inanimate

(inanimate final with a number signifies that amount of times)

Particle

txën

  1. times, occurrences, so many times (with numeral)
    pèshkunk txën alëmuxwe.
    he began to walk nine times.
→
  • kwëtën
  • nishën
  • naxën
  • newën
  • palenàxk txën
  • kwëtash txën
  • nishash txën
  • xash txën
  • pèshkunk txën
  • tèlën txën

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