hwikat
Unami edit
Etymology edit
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/.
Appears in compounds as /kat/
Noun edit
hwikat inan (plural hwìkata, locative hwìkatink)
Derived terms edit
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 edit
- Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “hwikat”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project