Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/kene·pikwa
Proto-Algonquian edit
Etymology edit
Compare *-ikw- (“small, gnawing animal”).
Noun edit
*kene·pikwa
Synonyms edit
- *aθko·ka (“snake”)
Descendants edit
- Central Algonquian:
- Plains Cree: kinêpik, ᑭᓀᐱᐠ (“snake”)
- Naskapi: ᐊᒋᓇᐱᒄ (achinapikw)
- Atikamekw: kinepikw
- Montagnais: atshinepikᵘ
- Menominee: kenu·pik (“snake”)
- Ojibwe: ginebig (“snake”) / ᑭᓀᐱᒃ (“snake”)
- Miami: kineepikwa (“snake”)
References edit
- Hockett (1957)
- Costa, David J. (2003) The Miami-Illinois Language (Studies in the Native Languages of the Americas), Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN