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Etymology

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Cognate with Mahican patquahòn (there is thunder), Munsee pehtáhkuw (it is a thunderstorm), Mohegan-Pequot patáhqáham (it thunders), Massachusett padtohquohhan (it thunders).

Verb

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pèthakhòn inan (vii)

  1. it thunders, there is thunder

References

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  • Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “pèthakhòn”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project