hupokàn

Unami

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *wexpwaˑkana. Analyzable as

  • /hupwa-/ : to smoke
  • /-kàn/ : forms nouns from some animate intransitive verbs

Cognates include Narragansett hopuònck, Powhatan apokan/vppocane/vhpoocan̄, Menominee ohpuakan, Fox ohpwâkana.

Noun

hupokàn inan (plural hupokàna, adjectival hupokàni)

  1. pipe (for smoking)

References

  • Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “hupokàn”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project
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