pongw

Munsee

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *penkwi (“dust, ashes”). Cognate with Unami punkw (“dust”), Penobscot pəkʷ (“dust, ashes”).

Noun

póngw inan (possessive mbóngwum, locative póngwung, diminutive póngwush)[1]

  1. dust, soot

References

  1. ^ O'Meara, John (2014) “pongw”, in Delaware-English/English-Delaware Dictionary (Heritage), Toronto: University of Toronto Press, published 1996, →ISBN
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