axkwitahkunink

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Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Algonquian *waθkwit-a:kon-e (on top of the snow)

Cognate with Ojibwe ogidaagonag (on top of the snow), Menominee wahkētākon, Potawatomi kwedagon, Montagnais takutakunat, Northern East Cree ᐅᔅᑖᑯᓂᒡ (ostaakonic).

Noun[edit]

axkwitahkunink

  1. on top of the snow

References[edit]

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