chiikhiikan
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Munsee[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Eastern Algonquian *čīkkahīkan, from Proto-Algonquian *či·katahikani (“broom”). Equivalent to chíikham (“to sweep”) + -íikan. Cognate with Unami chikhikàn (“broom”), Abenaki chighigan (“broom”), Penobscot čikkáhikan (“broom”).
Noun[edit]
chiikhíikan (či·khí·kan) inan
References[edit]
- O'Meara, John (2014) “chiikhiikan”, in Delaware-English/English-Delaware Dictionary (Heritage), Toronto: University of Toronto Press, published 1996, →ISBN