kinnikinnick
English
Wikispecies
Alternative forms
- Almost every imaginable spelling variant is attested, including forms with "l" in the first part, like killikinick. Most variations are very rare; the only common forms are kinnikinnick (the most common form since 1930), kinnikinnik, kinnikinnic, kinikinik (popular around 1860), kinnickinick, kinnickinnick, kinnikinic, kinnikinick (popular from 1900 to 1930), kinnikinik; killikinick, killikinnick; k'nick-k'neck.
rare alternative forms
- kanikanik
- kilikinick
- kinickinic, kinickinick
- kinikinic, kinikinick
- kinikinnick, kinikinnik
- kinikkinik
- kinnakinnick
- kinnekinic, kinnekinick, kinnekinik
- kinnekinnic, kinnekinnick, kinnekinnik
- kinnikinick
- kinnikinneck
Etymology
Originally spelled with an "l" in the first part (i.e. killikinick, killikinnick). From Unami këlëkënikàn (“smoking mixture, killikinick”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌkɪ.nɪ.kɪˈnɪk/,[1] /ˌkɪ.nɪ.kəˈnɪk/,[1][2] /ˈkɪ.nɪ.kəˌnɪk/[2]
Noun
kinnikinnick (usually uncountable, plural kinnikinnicks)
- A mixture of bark, dried leaves, and often berries and/or tobacco, which is smoked.
- Any of the plants whose berries, leaves or bark used in this mixture.
- He ate kinnikinnick berries.
Meronyms
- (plant): bearberry (Arctostaphylos), red osier dogwood (Cornus sericea), silky cornel (Cornus amomum), Canadian bunchberry (Cornus canadensis), evergreen sumac (Rhus virens), littleleaf sumac (Rhus microphylla).
References
- kinnikinnick in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- “kinnikinnick” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- “kinnikinnick” in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary.