Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/mexkena·hkwa
Proto-Algonquian
editAlternative forms
editNoun
edit*mexkena·hkwa
Descendants
edit- Plains Algonquian:
- probably Arapaho bä'änaⁿ
- probably Gros Ventre bä'änou
- Cheyenne: ma'ēno (“turtle”)
- Central Algonquian:
- Eastern Algonquian
- Mi'kmaq: migjigc
- Malecite-Passamaquoddy: mikcikc
- Penobscot: ámihkənahkʷ (“snapping turtle”)
References
edit- Siebert (1941)
- In Honor of Mary Haas →ISBN, edited by William Shipley, 1988): lists "PA *mexkena-hkwa 'snapping turtle'"
- David Costa, The Historical Phonology of Miami-Illinois Consonants, in the International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 57: lists both "*meʔšixkena·hkwa" and "*mexkena·hkwa"
- Cheyenne Dictionary of Fisher, Leman, Pine, and Sanchez: lists both "*mexkena·hkwa" and "*meʔkena·hkwa"