tëmàskwës

Unami

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *waʔšaškwa (“muskrat”). Cognate with Penobscot móhsskʷehso (“muskrat”), Abenaki moskwas (“muskrat”).

Noun

tëmàskwës anim (plural tëmàskwsàk)

  1. muskrat

References

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