sàke
Unami
Alternate forms
- sàki
Etymology
- /sàk-/ (root): certain length
- /-e/ (final: verb
- /-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)
- (inanimate, intransitive) it is a certain length, it is a certain height
Related terms
- sèkëntèk
- sèkpexën
- sèkkatèxin
- sèkawsu
- sèkawlàhkàt
- sakhàke
- sakuxwe
References
- Rementer, Jim; Pearson, Bruce L. (2005), “sàke”, in Leneaux, Grant; Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project