Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/wa·pi-ki·la·hkwa
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Proto-Algonquian edit
Etymology edit
A compound of *wa·p- (“white”) and Proto-Algic *ki·la·hka (“goose”), with -w- added under the influence of other birds' names.
Noun edit
*wa·pi-ki·la·hkwa
- (Eastern Algonquian) snow goose
Descendants edit
- Eastern Algonquian: *wāpīkīrāhkw
- Abenaki: wôbigilhakw
- Malecite-Passamaquoddy: wapikilahq
References edit
- Paul Proulx, Proto-Algic VI: Conditioned Yurok reflexes of Proto-Algic vowels, Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics 27:124–138 (2004)