xkwithakamike
Unami
Etymology
From Proto-Algonquian *waϴkitaxkamik (“on top of the snow”).
- /xkwìt-/axkwit-/ (root): on top of
- /ahkam/ (formative): the ground
Cognate with Ojibwe ogidakamig (“on the ground”), Potawatomi kwedgemek, Atikamekw okitaskamik, Northern East Cree ᐅᔅᑎᔅᑭᒥᒡ (ostiskimic).
Particle
xkwithakamike
- on top of the ground
References
- Rementer, Jim; Pearson, Bruce L. (2005), “xkwithakamike”, in Leneaux, Grant; Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project