takwax

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Munsee

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Etymology

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Uncertain; cognate with Unami tahkox (turtle), presumably from Proto-Algonquian *tahkwaha, perhaps from *tahkw-ah-, *tahkw- (to grab), compare Nanticoke tah!quah (crab).[1]

Noun

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takwáx anim (plural takwáxak, diminutive chakwáxush, obviative takwáxal)[2]

  1. turtle

References

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  1. ^ Cunningham, Keith (2021) A New Look for Choptank: An Updated Phonological Analysis of the William Vans Murray Vocabulary
  2. ^ O'Meara, John (2014) “takwáx”, in Delaware-English/English-Delaware Dictionary (Heritage), Toronto: University of Toronto Press, published 1996, →ISBN