linakòt

Unami

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)

1. it looks like
2. 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