Wiktionary

pahkwaya

Fox edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Algonquian *pahkwaya (“reed, rush, mat”). Cognate with Unami ahpawiàk, Malecite-Passamaquoddy pkuwahqiyasq (“cattail”), Ojibwe apakweshkway (“cattail mat, cattail”), Menominee apāhkiy (“reed, bullrush”).

Noun edit

pahkwaya (plural apahkwayaki)

  1. reed, cattail
  2. reed mat
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