mihtkwus

Munsee

Etymology

From *míhtkw +‎ -ush (-əsh, diminutive suffix), from Proto-Algonquian *meʔtekwi (“stick”). Cognate with Unami mësakw (“log”).

Noun

míhtkwus (míhtkwəs) inan (plural mihtkwúsal, possessive numihtkwúsum, locative mihtkwúsung, diminutive mihchkwúshush)[1]

  1. stick (of wood)

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