àskàskwe

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Etymology

From

  • /àskàskwe/ - (be green)
  • /-w/ - third person suffix

Cognate with Munsee askáskweew (“it is green”), Mohegan-Pequot askaqáyu (“it is green”), Massachusett ashkashki (“it is green”), Penobscot skàtste (“it is green”), Mahican uth-kuth-twau-yuk (“it is green”).

Verb

àskàskwe inan (plural àskàskweyo) (vii)

  1. it is green
    askaskwe skiko ― (it is) green grass

References

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