Detailed Entry Information

English:place to sleep; bedroom, bed

Lenape:kèhkawink [ni]

Historical Example

gechkauwink [1770] a bed

Comments

/ye/ metathesizes with /k/, and /y/ is elided.
The /eë/ sequence is realized as /e/ and is laxed to /è/ in a closed syllable.
Note: reduplication marks recurrence of an act.

Analysis

Form:

kèhkawink

Structure:

ye-këh-kawi-nk

Meaning:

IC-redup-sleep-indef