wehùpòktis

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Etymology

Related to wehupònk (“something to smoke”). Compare the semantic development of Abenaki odamôgan (“smoking-pipe, dragonfly”). Any way, from Proto-Algonquian *wexpwa·k- (“pipette”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

wehùpòktis anim (plural wehùpòktisàk)

  1. dragonfly

References

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