kwaxkakeew

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Munsee

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Etymology

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

Verb

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kwáxkăkeew (kwáxkăke·wanim (1sg.ind ngwáxkăka, 3sg.conj ngwáxkăkaam, imp kwáxkăkaal, ptcpl kwéexkăkaat)[2][1]

  1. (animate, intransitive) to cross over (the water)

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 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. ^ O'Meara, John (2014) “kwaxkakeew”, in Delaware-English/English-Delaware Dictionary (Heritage), Toronto: University of Toronto Press, published 1996, →ISBN