wihk

Malecite-Passamaquoddy

Noun

wihk inan (plural wihkiyil, possessed wihkem, locative wihkek, diminutive wihkehsis)

1. animal fat, blubber

References

• Francis, David A. with Leavitt, Robert R. and Apt, Margaret (2008) “wihk”, in The Passamaquoddy-Maliseet Dictionary, The Passamaquoddy Language Preservation Project

Mokilese

Etymology

Borrowed from English week

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwiːk/

Noun

wihk

1. week

Inflection

Forms of wihk

Demonstrative formss	Singular	Plural
1st person (near speaker)	wihkke	wihkkai
2nd person (near hearer)	wihkken	wihkken
3rd person (near neither speaker nor hearer)	wihkko	wihkkok
Article forms
indefinite	wihkmen	wihkpwi
definite	wihkwa	wihkwa

References

• Harrison, Sheldon P., Mokilese-English Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1977