këmpàkw

Unami

Alternative forms

• -pahk- : in compounds

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *wani·pakwa (“leaf”), from *pakwa (“leaf”). Cognate with Ojibwe -bag- (“leaf”, medial), Malecite-Passamaquoddy -pok- (“leaf”, medial), Montagnais pak (“leaf”, medial), Abenaki wanibagw (“leaf”), Munsee wăniipákw, Mohegan-Pequot wunipaq (“leaf”), Penobscot skìpakʷ (“green leaf”).

• /-pàkw/: leaf

Noun

këmpàkw inan (plural këmpàhko)

1. leaf

References

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