àskàskwe

Unami

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

Related terms

• àskàskaonke
• àskàskhèmpës
• àskàskhòne
• àskàskikw
• àskàskontpat
• àskàskwinakòt
• àskàskwsit
• àskàskwsu
• àskàskàt
• àskàskòkunk
• àskàskòxkuk

 

References

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