pishkw
Unami
Etymology
From Proto-Algonquian *piiškwa. Cognate with Mi'kmaq pi'gw, Cheyenne pe'e, Massachusett peeksq, Miami apeehkw, Montagnais pishkᵘ (“nighthawk”), Atikamekw pickw, Northern East Cree ᐲᔥᒄ (piishkw), Penobscot pəskʷ. Possibly cognate with Dakota píško (“nighthawk”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [piʃkʷ]
Noun
pishkw (plural pishkok)
- nighthawk
References
- Rementer, Jim; Pearson, Bruce L. (2005), “pishkw”, in Leneaux, Grant; Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project