Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/pele·wa

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

From Proto-Algic *pele·gʷa (large bird).

Noun edit

*pele·wa

  1. turkey, large edible game bird

Descendants edit

  • Central Algonquian
    • Southern East Cree: ᐱᔦᐤ (piyew, grouse)
    • Miami: pileewa (chicken, turkey)
    • Naskapi: ᐱᔭᐤ (piyaw, grouse, ptarmigan)
    • Montagnais: pineu (grouse, ptarmigan)
    • Ojibwe: bine (partridge, ruffled grouse)
    • Potawatomi: pné (turkey)
  • Eastern Algonquian
    • Unami: pële (turkey; fowl)

References edit

  • Siebert (1967)
  • Paul Proulx, Proto-Algic IV: Nouns, in Studies in Native American Languages VII, volume 17, number 2 (1992)
  • Costa, David J. (2003) The Miami-Illinois Language (Studies in the Native Languages of the Americas), Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN