mhùkwi

Unami

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Algonquian *meçko·wiwi (“bloody”).[1]

Verb

mhùkwi inan (animate mhukhòsi)

  1. (intransitive) To be bloody.[2]

References

  1. ^ Hewson, John (2017) “meçkoᐧwiwi”, in Proto-Algonquian Online Dictionary, Carleton University, School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies
  2. ^ Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “mhùkwi”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project
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