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Etymology
From *míhtkw + -ush (-əsh, diminutive suffix), from Proto-Algonquian *meʔtekwi (“stick”). Cognate with Unami mësakw (“log”).
Noun
míhtkwus (míhtkwəs) inan (plural mihtkwúsal, possessive numihtkwúsum, locative mihtkwúsung, diminutive mihchkwúshush)[1]
- stick (of wood)
References
- ^ O'Meara, John (2014) “mihtkwus”, in Delaware-English/English-Delaware Dictionary (Heritage), Toronto: University of Toronto Press, published 1996, →ISBN