linakòt

Unami

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *ešina·kwatwi (“to look (a certain way)”). From li- (“in a certain manner”, preverb) +‎ na- (“to see”, verb medial) +‎ -ëkw- (“inverts subject and object”, inverse theme marker) +‎ at (“nominalizer”, final).

Verb

linakòt (VII (inanimate-subject intransitive))

1. it looks like
2. the way it looks

References

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