Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/meʔšipakwa
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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
Etymology edit
A compound of a particle meaning "(it is) big" and *-pakwa (“leaf”).
Noun edit
*meʔšipakwa
Descendants edit
- Miami: mihšipakwa (“leaf (in some dialects); big leaf (in other dialects)”)
References edit
- Costa, David J. (2003) The Miami-Illinois Language (Studies in the Native Languages of the Americas), Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN