mihtkwus
Munsee
Etymology
From *míhtkw + -ush (-əsh, diminutive suffix) (compare Unami mësakw (“log”)), from Proto-Algonquian *meʔtekwi.
Noun
míhtkwus (míhtkwəs) inan (plural mihtkwúsal, possessive numihtkwúsum, locative mihtkwúsung, diminutive mihchkwúshush)[1]
- stick (of wood)
References
- O'Meara, John (2014), “mihtkwus”, in Delaware-English/English-Delaware Dictionary (Heritage), Toronto: University of Toronto Press, published 1996, →ISBN