ioqua
English edit
Etymology edit
A variant of hiaqua, from Chinook Jargon, from Nootka.
Noun edit
ioqua (plural ioquas)
- The shell of Antalis pretiosa, formerly used as money and ornaments (hiaqua) by Native American and Aboriginal people of the western United States and Canada.
- Synonym: dentalium
References edit
- “ioqua shell”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.