hwakees

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Munsee[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

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

  1. bark

References[edit]

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