paxksamakèt

Unami

Etymology

From pàxkhama (“to bleed”, transitive) +‎ -ike (verbal suffix) +‎ -t (“agentive suffix”).

Verb

paxksamakèt anim (plural paxksamakèchik)

  1. (medicine) A bloodletter; a doctor that lets blood to cure ailments.

References

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