apëlìsh

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apëlìsh anim (plural apëlìshàk, diminutive apëlìshtët, possessive 3sg tòpëlìsha)

apëlìshàk (plural)
apëlìshtët (diminutive)
3sg tòpëlìsha (possessive)

Borrowed from Dutch appels, plural of appel, from Middle Dutch appel, from Old Dutch *appel, *appul, from Proto-West Germanic *applu from Proto-Germanic *aplaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ébōl, *abel-, *h₂ébl̥.


pilkësh

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


xapxònkwe

braided corn, more than one ear of corn braided together


òtaès

òtaès anim (plural òtaèsàk, 3sg possessed wòtaèsëm)

* /òtaèwi/ (verb stem): bloom
* /-s/ (suffix): nominalizing suffix


chëphìk

From Proto-Algonquian *wečye·pihki (“root”).


malàxkwsit

From Proto-Algonquian *maškweči·hsa (“bean”). Cognate with Munsee maalaxkwsiit (“bean”), Mohegan-Pequot masqusit (“bean”), Menominee maskūcīhsaeh (“bean”).


xkwikpiakw

From xkwikpi (“slippery elm”) + -akw (“tree”).


màxkwim

* /maxk-/: red
* /-im/: berry, corn, grain


nènèskakw

Cercis canadensis
Cercis canadensis#Translingual


xaxakw

Platanus occidentalis
Platanus occidentalis#Translingual

sycamore, Platanus occidentalis, buttonwood tree


pkuakw

* /pku/: gum
* /-akw/: tree, tree like shrub


këkchëkwipahkihëlas

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këkchëkwipahkihëlas anim (plural këkchëkwipahkihëlasàk)

* /këkchëkwi/: to move around, squirm
* /-pahk-/: leaf
* /-hële/: movement, to move
Literally one whose leaves blow around.

Populus deltoides
Populus deltoides#Translingual


èkokolës

Cognate with Mahican kãakwunees (“raspberry”).


mùxulhemënshi

From
* /mùxul/: canoe
* /-he/: make, do
* /mënshi/: vine, tree
Literally Canoe making tree.

Liriodendron tulipifera
Liriodendron tulipifera#Translingual


pëpxòkwës

Juniperus virginiana
Juniperus virginiana#Translingual

red cedar, eastern red cedar, Juniperus virginiana


òkhatimënshi

From
* /òkhatim/ (root): mulberry
* /mënshi/ (final): tree, vine


tùkwimënshi

From
* /tùkwim/ : black walnut
* /ënshi/: tree, vine

Juglans nigra
Juglans nigra#Translingual


ànakànàskw

From
* /ànakàn/ : reed mat
* /-askw/ : plant, herb, grass


mwimënshi

Prunus serotina
Prunus serotina#Translingual


pàkchèmunshi

Kentucky coffeetree, Gymnocladus dioicus


mixakanakw

Possibly from mixekën (“fur”) + -akw (“tree”).


shoxakw

From shox- (“slippery”) + -akw (“tree”).