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Etymology
From Proto-Algonquian *ešinaᐧkwatwi (“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 (inanimate intransitive)
- it looks like
- the way it looks
References
- Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “linakòt”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project