sokuyôn

Mohegan-Pequot

Etymology
  • /sok/ (verb initial): pour, spill
  • /uyôn/ (verb final): rain

Cognate with Munsee sóokǔlaan (“it rains”), Unami sukëlan (“it rains”), Malecite-Passamaquoddy sukalan/Malecite-Passamaquoddy sukolan (“it rains heavily, it pours”), Penobscot sòkəlαn (“it rains”), Abenaki sogl8n (“it rains”)

Verb

sokuyôn (3sgconj sokuyôk, 3plconj sokuyôks) (inanimate intransitive)

  1. it rains, it is raining

References
  • p.100 []
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