asiiskuw

Munsee

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *ašiškiwi. Cognate with Unami sisku (“mud”), Abenaki azesko (“mud”), Penobscot ásəsko (“mud”).

Noun

ăsíiskuw (ăsí·skəw) inan (locative ăsíiskoong)[1]

  1. mud

Descendants

  • → English: Cisqua

References

  1. ^ O'Meara, John (2014), “asiiskuw”, in Delaware-English/English-Delaware Dictionary (Heritage), Toronto: University of Toronto Press, published 1996, →ISBN
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