Jump to content

hupokàn

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Unami

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From Proto-Algonquian *wexpwaˑkana. Analyzable as

  • /hupwa-/ : to smoke
  • /-kàn/ : forms nouns from some animate intransitive verbs

Cognates include Narragansett hopuònck, Powhatan apokan/vppocane/vhpoocan̄, Menominee ohpuakan, Fox ohpwâkana.

Noun

[edit]

hupokàn inan (plural hupokàna, adjectival hupokàni)

  1. pipe (for smoking)
[edit]

References

[edit]
  • Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “hupokàn”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=hupokàn&oldid=82119423"