tahkokën

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Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Algonquian *takwaᐧkiwi. Cognate with Cree ᑕᑳᐧᑭᐣ (takaaykin, “fall, it is fall”), Unami tahkoku (“it is fall”), Penobscot takʷάko (“it is fall, autumn”), Malecite-Passamaquoddy toqakiw (“it is fall, autumn”), Mohegan-Pequot taqôquw (“it is fall”), Ojibwe dagwaagin (“it is fall, autumn”), Menominee takuakōwew (“it is fall, autumn”), Fox takwâkiwi (“it is fall”), Montagnais takuatshin (“it is autumn”).

Verb[edit]

tahkokën (3sg conjunct tahkokink, 3sg subjunctive tahkokinke, adjectival tahkokëni/tahkokwëni)

  1. (inanimate, intransitive) it is fall, autumn
    Nèl këmpahko alëmi màxkeyo òk wisaeyo èli mèchi tahkokën.
    The leaves are beginning to turn red and yellow because it is (already) fall.

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Noun[edit]

tahkokën inan

  1. fall, autumn

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References[edit]

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