Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/walahakaya
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This Proto-Algonquian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-Algonquian edit
Noun edit
*walahakaya
- scale of a fish
Descendants edit
- Southern East Cree: ᐅᐦᐊᑲᐃᐦ (ohakaih)
- Atikamekw: ohakai
- Montagnais: unakai (“scale”)
- Miami: alakayi (“fish scale; egg shell; acorn cup”) ~ alakaya
- Unami: olàxahkay (“fish scales; reptile scales / skin”)
- Malecite-Passamaquoddy: wolahq
References edit
- Costa, David J. (2003) The Miami-Illinois Language (Studies in the Native Languages of the Americas), Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, citing Siebert (1975)