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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chunkey

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
chun-key
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A sport or game played by the Cherokee and other Native Americans in the Carolinas, which involved rolling stone disks across the ground and throwing spears at them in an attempt to land the spear as close to the stopped stone as possible.

Uncountable

Etymology

From the undocumented language(s) (potentially Sioux-Catawban) of the Shoccoree–Eno–Adshusheer peoples of north-central North Carolina (roughly corresponding to the Research Triangle and the Piedmont Triad regions). The earliest attestation is as “chenco” in John Lawson’s 1709 travelogue.

Usage

Inflected Forms

chenco (alternative) chungke (alternative) chungkee (alternative) chunkee (alternative) chunky (alternative) tchungke (alternative) tchungkee (alternative) tchung-kee (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

chunkyard

Questions

What does chunkey mean?
A sport or game played by the Cherokee and other Native Americans in the Carolinas, which involved rolling stone disks across the ground and throwing spears at them in an attempt to land the spear as close to the stopped stone as possible.
Where does chunkey come from?
From the undocumented language(s) (potentially Sioux-Catawban) of the Shoccoree–Eno–Adshusheer peoples of north-central North Carolina (roughly corresponding to the Research Triangle and the Piedmont Triad regions). The earliest attestation is as “chenco” in John Lawson’s 1709 travelogue.

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