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Etymology
Uncertain; perhaps from Proto-Algonquian *wehake·s (“bark”). Cognate with Unami hòkès (“bark”), Mohegan-Pequot hákáts (“outer bark”).
Noun
hwákees anim (plural hwakéesak, locative hwakéesung, obviative hwakéesal)[1]
- bark
References
- ^ O'Meara, John (2014) “hwákees”, in Delaware-English/English-Delaware Dictionary (Heritage), Toronto: University of Toronto Press, published 1996, →ISBN