pehpeechkweekush
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Munsee[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From pehpéechkweek, pehpéetkweek (“turnip”) + -ush (diminutive suffix), nominalization of an intensive reduplication of Proto-Algonquian *peᐧčikiwa (“to grow slowly”).
Noun[edit]
pehpeechkwéekush anim (plural pehpeechkwéekshak, obviative pehpeechkwéekshal)
References[edit]
- O'Meara, John (2014) “pehpeechkwéekush”, in Delaware-English/English-Delaware Dictionary (Heritage), Toronto: University of Toronto Press, published 1996, →ISBN