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Etymology
From the same Proto-Algic root as Yurok ʔnechkah, 'ne-chkah (“my foot”) and Wiyot čkač (“leg”).
Literally his leg. The root /hikat/ is a bound or dependent lemma, only appearing in compounds with affixes.
/w/ metathesizes with root-initial /h/.
Appears in compounds as /kat/
Noun
hwikat inan (plural hwìkata, locative hwìkatink)
- leg, foot
Derived terms
References
- Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “hwikat”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project