hwakees

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Munsee

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Etymology

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Uncertain; perhaps from Proto-Algonquian *wehake·s (bark). Cognate with Unami hòkès (bark), Mohegan-Pequot hákáts (outer bark).

Noun

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hwákees anim (plural hwakéesak, locative hwakéesung, obviative hwakéesal)[1]

  1. bark

References

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