Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/meʔšixkena·hkwa
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Proto-Algonquian
editNoun
edit*meʔšixkena·hkwa
- variant of *mexkena·hkwa
Descendants
edit- Central Algonquian:
- Ojibwe: mishiikenh (“a snapping turtle”)
- Potawatomi: mshike' (“turtle”)
- Fox: mešihkenâhkwa (“snapping turtle”) (older form?), meshihkêha (“snapping turtle”)
- Miami: mihšihkinaahkwa (“painted terrapin turtle”)
References
edit- David Costa, The Historical Phonology of Miami-Illinois Consonants, in the International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 57: lists both "*meʔšixkena·hkwa" and "*mexkena·hkwa"