tëmakàn
Unami edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Algonquian *mye·θkanawi (“road, path”). Cognate with Ojibwe miikana (“road, trail, path”), Cree ᒣᐢᑲᓇᐤ (meskanaw, “road”), Plains Cree ᒣᐢᑲᓇᐤmêskanaw (“road, path”), Montagnais meshkanau (“road, path, trail, street, route”) .
Noun edit
tëmakàn inan (plural tëmakàna, locative tëmakànink)
References edit
- Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “tëmakàn”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project