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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread An Indian word #96964 02/26/2003 2:06 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 "There was silence in the tepee. Sitting Bull laid his tomahawk and knife on the ground, and began to fill his long pipe with tobacco and killikinick, the dried scrapings of willow bark. No one spoke. The chief looked at the fire, and took no notice of us until he had puffed at his pipe for a few moments When I was a small boy, I was shown a small flowering plant, and was told that it was "killikinick'. Indian tobacco. Wish I knew how to reconcile the apparent conflict. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: An Indian word #96965 02/26/2003 2:25 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 From a dictionary: Kinnikinic (Kin`ni*ki*nic") n. [Indian, literally, a mixture.] Prepared leaves or bark of certain plants; — used by the Indians of the Northwest for smoking, either mixed with tobacco or as a substitute for it. Also, a plant so used, as the osier cornel and the bearberry [Spelled also kinnickinnick and killikinick.] Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: An Indian word #96966 02/26/2003 8:34 AM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Mama and her brothers used to smoke rabbit tobacco when they were kids. I have no idea what rabbit tobacco really is. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: An Indian word #96967 02/26/2003 11:07 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 killikinick Regarding the apparent disconnect between killikinick and kinnikinick, the AHD traces the word to the Unami [Delaware language] kelekkeníikkan where those e letters are actually upside down and therefore a schwa. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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