poxkapuw
Munsee
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From Proto-Eastern Algonquian *poxkwapəw. Cognate with Penobscot póhkʷepəw (“to sit side by side”).
Verb
editpóxkapuw anim (1sg.ind mbóxkapi, mbóxkapiim, 3sg.conj póxkapiit, imp póxkapiil, ptcpl péexkapiit)[1]
- (animate, intransitive) to sit astride something