kuweakw

Unami

Etymology

From kuwe (pine) +‎ -akw (tree, root final).

Compare the semantic difference between English pine and pine tree, both of which can refer to a pine tree, though with different semantic meanings where the latter is more specific.

Noun

kuweakw anim (plural kuweakok, locative kuweike)

  1. pine tree

Derived terms

References

  • Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005), “kuweakw”, in Grant Leneaux, Raymond Whritenour, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project