këkchëkwipahkihëlas

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Unami

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Etymology

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  • /këkchëkwi/: to move around, squirm
  • /-pahk-/: leaf
  • /-hële/: movement, to move

Literally one whose leaves blow around.

Noun

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këkchëkwipahkihëlas anim (plural këkchëkwipahkihëlasàk)

  1. eastern cottonwood (Populus deltoides)

References

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  • Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “këkchëkwipahkihëlas”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project
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