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English:oar, paddle (for a canoe etc.)

Lenape:chimakàn [ni]

/w/ is elided after consonants other than /h/ or /k/.
Note: The mutation of /wa/ to /o/ is found in verb suffixation but not in compounding.

Form:

chimakàn

Structure:

chim-wakàn

Meaning:

paddle-tool