ioqua
English
Etymology
A variant of hiaqua, from Chinook Jargon, from Nootka.
Noun
ioqua (plural ioquas)
- The shell of Dentalium pretiosum, formerly used as money and ornaments (hiaqua) by Native American and Aboriginal people of the western United States and Canada.
References
- ioqua in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.