poxkapuw

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Munsee[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

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From Proto-Eastern Algonquian *poxkwapəw. Cognate with Penobscot póhkʷepəw (“to sit side by side”).

Verb[edit]

póxkapuw anim (1sg.ind mbóxkapi, mbóxkapiim, 3sg.conj póxkapiit, imp póxkapiil, ptcpl péexkapiit)[1]

  1. (animate, intransitive) to sit astride something

References[edit]

  1. ^ O'Meara, John (2014) “póxkapuw”, in Delaware-English/English-Delaware Dictionary (Heritage), Toronto: University of Toronto Press, published 1996, →ISBN
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