kiimooxweew

Munsee

Etymology

Cognate with Unami kimuxwe (“he walks quietly, stealthily”), from Proto-Eastern Algonquian *kīmwoxwēw, from Proto-Algonquian *ki·mwohθe·wa, from *ki·mi·- (“secretly”) +‎ *wohθe·wa (“to walk”). Related to kiimíikwsuw (“to sneak around crawling”), kíimii- (“secretly”).

Noun

kiimóoxweew anim (plural kiimooxwéewak, obviative kiimooxwéewal)

1. witch

References

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