pilkësh

Unami

Etymology

From Dutch perzik (“peach”), perhaps re-inforced by English peaches.

Noun

pilkësh anim (plural pilkëshàk)

  1. peach
  • pilkëshakw

References
  • Nicoline van der Sijs, Cookies, Coleslaw, and Stoops: The Influence of Dutch on the North American languages (2009, →ISBN
  • Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “pilkësh”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project
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