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