takwahaakan

Munsee

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *takwaha·kana (“mortar, mill”). Cognate with Abenaki taguahôgan (“mill, mortar”), Penobscot takʷáhαkan, tákʷəhαkan (“mortar”), Mohegan-Pequot taqôk (“mortar for pounding corn”), and perhaps Unami kohòkàn (“mortar, mill”).

Noun

takwaháakan inan (plural takwaháakanal, 1 sg possessive ndakhwáakan, locative takwaháakanung, diminutive chakwaháakanush)

1. mortar (for grinding)

References

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