wisahkakw
Unami
editEtymology
editPrefix is likely /wisahk-/: sour
Suffix is /-akw/: tree
Cognates in several languages, with varying suffixes. Ojibwe wiisagi-mitigomizh (“red oak”) literally /sour-oak/.
Cognate with Mohegan-Pequot wisacumus, Malecite-Passamaquoddy asahqahatoq.
Noun
editwisahkakw anim (plural wisahkakòk)
References
edit- Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “wisahkakw”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project