Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/po·hpo·hkwa

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

Noun

*po·hpo·hkwa

1. bobwhite

Descendants

• Plains Algonquian
  • Arapahoan:
    • Cheyenne: koohkóva'e (“quail, bobwhite”)
• Central Algonquian:
  • Cree-Montagnais-Naskapi:
    • Cree: ᐸᐢᐸᐢᑭᐤ (paspaskiw)
      • Plains Cree: ᐸᐢᐸᐢᑭᐤ (paspaskiw, “partridge, grouse, quail”)
    • Montagnais-Naskapi:
      • Montagnais: pashpassu (“ruffed grouse”)
      • East Cree:
      • probably Naskapi: ᐱᔅᐱᔅᒍᐤ (pispischuw, “ruffed grouse”)
  • Eastern Great Lakes:
    • Ojibwe-Potawatomi:
    • Fox: pôhkwîha
• Eastern Algonquian:
  • Unami: pupukwësh (with diminutive suffix)
  • Munsee: pohpóokwush (with diminutive suffix)
  • Mohegan-Pequot: pohpohqutihs (“quail, bobwhite”)

References

• Siebert (1967)