opikukhus

Unami

Etymology

By surface analysis, òp- (“white”) +‎ kukhus (“owl”). Compare Greenlandic uppik, Inuktitut ᐅᒃᐱᒃ (okpik) for the intermediate -i-.

Noun

opikukhus anim (plural kukhusàk, diminutive kukhutët, obviative kukhusa)

  1. A white owl, a snowy owl.

References

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