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Lenape Talking Dictionary

By English WORD or PHRASE

By Lenape WORD or PHRASE

Detailed Entry Information

English:mosquito

Lenape:punkwës [na]

Historical Example

Poongwis [1824] Musquitoe (sic)

Analysis

Form:

punkwës

Structure:

punkwës

Meaning:

mosquito

This material is based on work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Numbers 0214422, 1064636 & 1562883

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