punkw
Unami
Etymology
From Proto-Algonquian *penkwi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [puŋkʷ]
Noun
punkw inan (locative punkunk)
- ashes; dust; powder
Derived terms
- punkwike
- punkwsu
- punku
- punkòpu
- punkwshèxën
- mixpunktay
Descendants
- →? English: punk (“powdered rotten wood”)
References
- Rementer, Jim; Pearson, Bruce L. (2005), “punkw”, in Leneaux, Grant; Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project