tahkokën

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Unami

Etymology

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

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

tahkokën inan

  1. fall, autumn

References

  • 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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