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nocake

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈnəʊkeɪk/
  • General-American: /ˈnoʊˌkeɪk/
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noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: nokehick, nokehike, rokeag, yokeag, rokeage, yokeage

Antonyms: none provided

History

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.

Across languages

Translations

4 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Massachusett: nookhik — Indian corn parched and pounded into meal
  • Mohegan-Pequot: yoakheage — Indian corn parched and pounded into meal
  • Mohegan-Pequot: yok'hig — Indian corn parched and pounded into meal
  • Narragansett: nokehick — Indian corn parched and pounded into meal