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pehpeechkweekush
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Etymology
From pehpéechkweek, pehpéetkweek (“turnip”) + -ush (diminutive suffix), nominalization of an intensive reduplication of Proto-Algonquian *peᐧčikiwa (“to grow slowly”).
Noun
pehpeechkwéekush anim (plural pehpeechkwéekshak, obviative pehpeechkwéekshal)
References
- O'Meara, John (2014), “pehpeechkwéekush”, in Delaware-English/English-Delaware Dictionary (Heritage), Toronto: University of Toronto Press, published 1996, →ISBN
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