sàke

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sake"

Unami

Alternative forms

• sàki

Etymology

• /sàk-/ (root): certain length
• /-e/ (final: inanimate intransitive
• /-w/ (suffix): third person

Inherited from Proto-Algonquian *axkwaᐧwi (“it is a certain length”). See also Munsee sáhkeew (“it is a certain length”), Ojibwe akwaa (“it is a certain length, a certain height”), Menominee ahkīw (“it is so long”), Cree ᐃᐢᑳᐧᐤ (iskaayw, “it is such a length, it is such a height”), Fox ahkwâwi (“it is so long”).

Verb

sàke (inanimate intransitive)

1. (inanimate, intransitive) it is a certain length, it is a certain height

Related terms

• sèkëntèk
• sèkpexën
• sèkkatèxin
• sèkawsu
• sèkawlàhkàt
• sakhàke
• sakuxwe

References

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