Wiktionary

xkohke

Unami edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Eastern-Algonquian *kwəθkake·w, from Proto-Algonquian *kweθk-.[1] Cognate with Munsee kwáxkăkeew, Massachusett qushkodteau, Fox kohkahikani (“bridge”).

Verb edit

xkohke (xkóhke·) anim (1sg ind nxkohka, 1pl ind xkohkahëna, 2pl ind xkohkahëmo, 3pl ind xkohkeyòk)[2]

  1. to cross over (the water)

References edit

  1. ^ Goddard, Ives (1982) “The Historical Phonology of Munsee”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 48, number 1, Chicago: The University of Chicago, →DOI, →JSTOR, page 26
  2. ^ Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “xkohke”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project
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