Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/pakwa

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

Noun edit

*pakwa

  1. leaf

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Abenaki: the second element of (wani)bagw (leaf); -bagw (in compounds)
  • Fox: the second element of (tâhta)pakwi (leaf)
  • Menominee: -pak- (leaf)
  • Miami: see *meʔšipakwa
  • Mohegan-Pequot: the second element of (wuni)paq (leaf)
  • Ojibwe: -bag (in compounds)
  • Shawnee: pakwa- (leaf-shaped; plant-like)
  • Unami: the second element of (këm)pàkw

References edit

  • Costa, David J. (2003) The Miami-Illinois Language (Studies in the Native Languages of the Americas), Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN