kwèshhatèk

Unami

Etymology

Possibly cognate with Munsee kwáalxeew (“it is smoke, smoky”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

kwèshhatèk

1. smoke

Related terms

• kwshate (vii)
• kwèshhate (vii)
• kwëshhatènamusu
• kwshatay
• kwëshhatènëmën

References

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