këmpàkw
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Unami
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- -pahk- : in compounds
Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Algonquian *wani·pakwa (“leaf”), from *pakwa (“leaf”). Cognate with Ojibwe -bag- (“leaf”, medial), Malecite-Passamaquoddy -pok- (“leaf”, medial), Montagnais pak (“leaf”, medial), Abenaki wanibagw (“leaf”), Munsee wăniipákw, Mohegan-Pequot wunipaq (“leaf”), Penobscot skìpakʷ (“green leaf”).
- /-pàkw/: leaf
Noun
[edit]këmpàkw inan (plural këmpàhko)
References
[edit]- Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “këmpàkw”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project