pehpeechkweekush

Munsee

Etymology

From pehpéechkweek, pehpéetkweek (“turnip”) +‎ -ush (diminutive suffix), nominalization of an intensive reduplication of Proto-Algonquian *peᐧčikiwa (“to grow slowly”).

Noun

pehpeechkwéekush anim (plural pehpeechkwéekshak, obviative pehpeechkwéekshal)

1. carrot

References

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