tahkokën

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 (VII (inanimate-subject intransitive), third singular conjunct tahkokink, third singular subjunctive tahkokinke, adjectival tahkokëni or tahkokwëni)

  1. 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.

Synonyms

  • tahkoku

See also

  • tahkokuwe "last autumn"

Noun

tahkokën inan

  1. fall, autumn

References

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