Lenape Names of Trees Fruit Trees
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LENAPE NAMES OF TREES These are names and photographs of some of the common fruit and nut trees known to the Lenape or Delaware Indians. In the first column there are links in blue that can be clicked to take you to the Lenape Talking Dictionary (www.talk-lenape.org) where you can hear the Lenape name of the tree. In the third column enclosed in “ ” is the literal translation of the Lenape name. Some uses for the trees are given in italics. FRUIT TREES mahchikpiakw Pawpaw tree http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=4181 mahchikpi Pawpaw http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=4177 sipuwasimënshi Plum tree http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=9630 sipuwas http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=9628 ximënshi Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana) http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=11569 “Persimmon Tree.” The sap of the tree can be used to stop earache. ximin http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=11567 mwimënshi Wild Black Cherry http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=5326 (Prunus serotina) The bark is used to make mwimin a cough medicine. Also http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=5327 for colds and pneumonia. pilkëshakw Peach tree http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=8727 (Prunus Persica) Peach leaves together pilkësh with mulberry leaves, to http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=8725 induce vomiting. òkhatimënshi (Morus Rubra). http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=7914 mulberry òkhatim http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=7912 hàkhàkopëlìshakw pear tree http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=1237 “bottle apple” hàkhàkopëlìsh pear http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=1235 apëlìshakw apple tree http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=551 apëlìsh apple http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=549 chèlisakw cherry tree http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=704 chèlis cherry http://www.talk-lenape.org/detail?id=703 wisaòpëlësh orange http://www.talk-lenape.org/detail?id=12368 “yellow apple” -or- òlënch http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=7930 sakwënakanimunshi black haw tree http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=9115 (Viburnum rufidulum), Small bands of bark are boiled and strained and the tea taken to cure stomach cramps. sakwënakanim http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=9114 black haw fruit xkikënemunshi red haw tree http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=11636 xkikënèm red haw fruit http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=11635 tëmpikànakw crab apple tree http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=10082 tëmpikàn crab apple http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=10081 puhwèsënakw Elderberry (Sambucus canadensis) http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=8913 “Pithy Tree” NUT TREES kansèmënshi Pecan tree http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=1652 kansèm pecan http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=1651 shimënshi Hickory tree http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=9480 simin hickory nut http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=9617 tùkwimënshi black walnut tree http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=10339 “round nut” The leaves are used employed in curing tùkwim ringworm. Also used for http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=10338 stomach cramps, to induce vomiting. The walnuts are used as a dye. Inkkìshi tùkwim English walnut http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=14543 kètamunshi hazelnut tree http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=2293 kètam hazelnut http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=2292 opimënshi chestnut tree http://www.talk-lenape.org/detail?id=15578 “white nut tree” opim chestnut http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=15576 ònàxkwimënshi type of Oak tree, probably a variety of http://www.talk-lenape.org/detail?id=18171 White Oak ònàxkwim acorn http://www.talk-lenape.org/detail?id=7937 pahkàsun nut meat http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=8123 Lenape people say a person should not crack nuts after nightfall, it is said the departed people will want them. compiled by Jim Rementer, director Lenape Language Project .