tahkokën

Unami

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *takwaᐧkiwi. Cognate with Cree ᑕᑳᐧᑭᐣ (takaaykin, “fall, it is fall”), Unami tahkoku (“it is fall”), Penobscot takʷάko (“it is fall, autumn”), Malecite-Passamaquoddy toqakiw (“it is fall, autumn”), Mohegan-Pequot taqôquw (“it is fall”), Ojibwe dagwaagin (“it is fall, autumn”), Menominee takuakōwew (“it is fall, autumn”), Fox takwâkiwi (“it is fall”), Montagnais takuatshin (“it is autumn”).

Verb

tahkokën (3sg conjunct tahkokink, 3sg subjunctive tahkokinke, adjectival tahkokëni/tahkokwëni)

1. (inanimate, intransitive) it is fall, autumn

   Nèl këmpahko alëmi màxkeyo òk wisaeyo èli mèchi tahkokën.

   The leaves are beginning to turn red and yellow because it is (already) fall.

Synonyms

• tahkoku

See also

• tahkokuwe "last autumn"

Noun

tahkokën inan

1. fall, autumn

Related terms

• Kichi Tahkokën

References

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