këkchëkwipahkihëlas

Unami

Etymology

• /këkchëkwi/: to move around, squirm
• /-pahk-/: leaf
• /-hële/: movement, to move

Literally one whose leaves blow around.

Noun

këkchëkwipahkihëlas anim (plural këkchëkwipahkihëlasàk)

1. eastern cottonwood (Populus deltoides)

References

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