hwikat

Unami

Etymology

From the same Proto-Algic root as Yurok ʔnechkah, 'ne-chkah (“my foot”) and Wiyot čkač (“leg”). Literally his leg. The root /hikat/ is a bound or dependent lemma, only appearing in compounds with affixes. /w/ metathesizes with root-initial /h/.

• /w-/ (prefix): third person prefix
• /hikat/ : leg

Appears in compounds as /kat/

Noun

hwikat inan (plural hwìkata, locative hwìkatink)

1. leg, foot

Derived terms

Related terms

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

References

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