hwikat

Unami

Alternative forms

  • -kat- (in compounds)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Algonquian *wexkaᐧtali, cognate with Yurok ʔnechkah, 'ne-chkah (my foot) and Wiyot čkač (leg).

Noun

hwikat inan (plural hwìkata, locative hwìkatink)

  1. leg, foot

Derived terms

Related terms
  • ahkon'kate
  • alukkate
  • amànkkate
  • chilkatèxin
  • chinkalkate
  • hwikatine
  • kaxkkate
  • kwënëkate
  • kwëtkate
  • kwëtkatèxin
  • mikwënëkate
  • mikwënëkatu
  • màxkkate
  • naxëkate
  • newkatat
  • nishkatat
  • nishkate
  • niskkate
  • ohòpkate
  • pilkate
  • pukwkate
  • shaxëxëkatèphasu
  • skàpkate
  • sëkkate
  • takohkatat
  • tànkkate
  • tëmëkate
  • wiskate
  • wisëwëkate
  • wixëwëkate
  • wëlëkate
  • xinkwkate
  • òkchëkate
  • òpkate

References

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