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rokeag

English

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Etymology

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From an Algonquian language, probably Quiripi *rōhkhīk; see yokeag, nocake for more.[1]

Noun

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rokeag (uncountable)

  1. Synonym of nocake

References

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  1. ^ Frederick Webb Hodge, Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico (1912), page 394: Rokeag. An Indian food preparation made of finely powdered parched corn: spelled also roucheag and rokee. The word is from Quiripi / Quinnipiac) rok'hig, abbreviated from roköhigan, and, like its Massachuset and Pequot-Mohegan cognates, nokehik and yokeag, means '(what is) softened.' (W. R. G.)
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