takwax

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Munsee[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Uncertain; cognate with Unami tahkox (“turtle”), presumably from Proto-Algonquian *tahkwaha, perhaps from *tahkw-ah-, *tahkw- (“to grab”), compare Nanticoke tah!quah (“crab”).[1]

Noun[edit]

takwáx anim (plural takwáxak, diminutive chakwáxush, obviative takwáxal)[2]

  1. turtle

References[edit]

  1. ^ Cunningham, Keith (2021) A New Look for Choptank: An Updated Phonological Analysis of the William Vans Murray Vocabulary
  2. ^ O'Meara, John (2014) “takwáx”, in Delaware-English/English-Delaware Dictionary (Heritage), Toronto: University of Toronto Press, published 1996, →ISBN
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