axkwitahkunink

Unami

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *waθkwit-a:kon-e (“on top of the snow”)

• /xkwìt-/axkwit-/ (initial): on top of
• /-kun-/ (medial): snow (on the ground)
• /-nk/ (suffix): locative

Cognate with Ojibwe ogidaagonag (“on top of the snow”), Menominee wahkētākon, Potawatomi kwedagon, Montagnais takutakunat, Northern East Cree ᐅᔅᑖᑯᓂᒡ (ostaakonic).

Noun

axkwitahkunink

1. on top of the snow

References

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