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

1. on top of the ground

References

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