kehkshuteek

Munsee

Etymology

From nominalization of an intensive reduplication of kshúteew (“to be hot”). Cognate with Unami kèkshëtèk (“stove”).

Noun

kehkshúteek inan (plural kehkshutéekal, possessed ngehkshutéekum, locative kehkshutéekung, diminutive kehkshuchéekush)

1. stove

References

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