English Explanatory Dictionary

nocake

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Indian corn parched and pounded into meal (powder), used as food by Native Americans, sometimes mixed with maple sugar.

Pronunciation

/ˈnəʊkeɪk/ /ˈnoʊˌkeɪk/ En-us-nocake.mp3

Word forms

nocake

Etymology

A respelling, probably influenced by cake, of nokehick, nokehike, which derives from an Algonquian language, probably Narragansett nokehick or Massachusett nookhik (“nocake”, literally “(that which is) pounded till soft”); the word is related to Abenaki nokhigan (“flour”), and English rokeag and yokeag.

Synonyms

nokehick nokehike rokeag yokeag rokeage yokeage
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