LENAPE NAMES OF TOOLS & IMPLEMENTS

These are names and photographs of some of the tools and implements known to the Lenape or Delaware Indians. In the first column there are links that can be clicked to take you to the Lenape Talking Dictionary (www.talk- lenape.org). Place the cursor over the link and click to take you to the dictionary where you can hear the Lenape name. In the third column enclosed in “ ” is the literal translation of the Lenape name.

TOOLS

kohòkàn mortar http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=2684 (hollowed log in

which corn is pounded)

kwënusënèkw pestle http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=3427

mòkël hammer http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=4900

tahkwëntikàn pliers http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=9808

kpwëshikàn awl http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=2268

sewing awl paxshakokàn hand-saw; cross-cut saw; buck-saw; saw- http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=8339 mill

kishkshakokàn two-man saw; ribbon saw http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=2482

pèpkwëshikàn drill; auger

http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=8596

pkwitehikàn chisel http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=8819

èshkansh needle

http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=1172

èhëwis thimble

http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=998

mëkus nail http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=4545

kshikàn knife http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=2948

èmhònës spoon http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=1160

traditional wooden spoon lèlxaoluwèk fork http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=3865

pàkaluwèk coal shovel

http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=8166

kënthikàn pry bar (or) setting pole http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=2202

xinkòhkshikàn butcher knife

http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=11574

kitshikàn sword

http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=13580

pënaelìntàmahikàn computer http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=14478 “thinking machine”

computer from 1980s

paxënikàn froe (also spelled frow, a tool for splitting slats http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=8325 from a block of wood)

lëmasksalu file

http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=10050

sànkhikàn pump drill for making fire http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=9148

tahkwënikàn tweezers http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=9805

tëmahikànëtët hatchet http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=15026 “little axe”

makhakokàn plane (woodworking);

something to scrape http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=4270 with

lalhakokàn draw knife; grater http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=3736

haphitehikàn anvil http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=1265

sahkehikàn ladder

http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=9075

The drawing shows a Delaware notched log

ladder.

hatapi bow http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=1271

hatapiatàkw bowstring http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=1272

aluns http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=368 arrow

ahkwënikàn fish net

http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=110

tànkantikàn spear http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=9866

ameyok they fish http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=14767

pimxkhwikàn stirring paddle; stirring ladle http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=8756

fish hook amàn http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=377

amànakw fishing pole http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=378

amànatàkw http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=379 fishing line

chimakàn paddle; oar http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=752

kwipëlënay hoe

http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=3581

tèhtëmàskhikàn mowing machine; lawn mower http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=9955

mayakhwikàn rake http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=15164

payaxkhikàn rifle; gun http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=8344

pënthikàn ramrod http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=8576

tèthakètik pistol http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=10144

hùkòn pot hook and chain http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=1462

tùkòpi rope http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=10326

susukahëlas chain http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=9729

tàhkònshikàn scissors http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=9798

òsëlenikàn lantern; flashlight http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=8059

laxwënikàn wrench http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=3807

ehatehikàn snuffer; anything to put http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=960 out a fire

pahkàntahikàn stick used in washing http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=8114 clothes to push clothes

down into the soapy water

sèsikwitèxtikàn washboard http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=14205

chikhikàn broom http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=741

pawënikàn sifter http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=8320

làxwekekokàn harrow http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=3805

alahun cane (walking stick) http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=233

a scythe; a sickle tëmàsksakokàn http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=10047 muskakàn http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=5261

compiled by Jim Rementer, director Lenape Language Project