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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) From Proto-Algonquian *po·hpo·hkwa (bobwhite).

Noun

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pupukwësh anim (plural pupukwshàk, adjectival pupukwëshii)

  1. bobwhite, quail

References

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