hwikat
Unami
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the same Proto-Algic root as Yurok ʔnechkah, 'ne-chkah (“my foot”) and Wiyot čkač (“leg”). Literally his leg. The root /hikat/ is a bound or dependent lemma, only appearing in compounds with affixes. /w/ metathesizes with root-initial /h/.
Appears in compounds as /kat/
Noun
[edit]hwikat inan (plural hwìkata, locative hwìkatink)
Derived terms
[edit](Related terms):
- ahkon'kate
- alukkate
- amànkkate
- chilkatèxin
- chinkalkate
- hwikatine
- kaxkkate
- kwënëkate
- kwëtkate
- kwëtkatèxin
- mikwënëkate
- mikwënëkatu
- màxkkate
- naxëkate
- newkatat
- nishkatat
- nishkate
- niskkate
- ohòpkate
- pilkate
- pukwkate
- shaxëxëkatèphasu
- skàpkate
- sëkkate
- takohkatat
- tànkkate
- tëmëkate
- wiskate
- wisëwëkate
- wixëwëkate
- wëlëkate
- xinkwkate
- òkchëkate
- òpkate
References
[edit]- Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “hwikat”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project