takwahaakan

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Munsee[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Algonquian *takwaha·kana (“mortar, mill”). Cognate with Abenaki taguahôgan (“mill, mortar”), Penobscot takʷáhαkan, tákʷəhαkan (“mortar”), Mohegan-Pequot taqôk (“mortar for pounding corn”), and perhaps Unami kohòkàn (“mortar, mill”).

Noun[edit]

takwaháakan inan (plural takwaháakanal, 1 sg possessive ndakhwáakan, locative takwaháakanung, diminutive chakwaháakanush)

  1. mortar (for grinding)

References[edit]

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