Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/maka·lipowa
Proto-Algonquian edit
Etymology edit
From *maka·l- (“scrape, shovel, remove (snow)”) + *-i(x)po(w)- (“snow”) (compare *so·kixpowi (“it snows”)). Literally "it shovels snow", in reference to the animals' habit of using their hooves to dig through snow to find lichens to eat.
Noun edit
*maka·lipowa
Descendants edit
- Eastern Algonquian:
References edit
- Actes du quatorzième Congrès des algonquinistes (1983), page 305: "Since PA */k/ following */a/ or */a·/ gave /q/ in Micmac, words that begin with /q/ betray the loss of initial syllables as is shown by
qalipu 'caribou'; *maka·lipowa 'he shovels snow'"