alëmèkw

== Unami == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Algonquian *aϴaᐧmeᐧkwa (“dead fish”). By surface analysis, alë inan (“to be rotten or decayed”) +‎ -amèkw (“fish”). === Noun === alëmèkw anim (plural alëmèkok) a rotten fish === References === Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005), “alëmèkw”, in Grant Leneaux, Raymond Whritenour, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project