pileelikwa

Miami

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *pele·nyikwa.^[1] Cognate with Unami pëlenikw, Abenaki planikw.

Noun

pileelikwa anim (plural pileelikwaki)

flying squirrel

References

https://mc.miamioh.edu/ilda-myaamia/dictionary/entries/3668

^ Siebert, Frank T. (1967) A.D. DeBlois, editor, Contributions to Anthropology: Linguistics I (Algonquian), Ottawa, The original home of the Proto-Algonquian people, page 22

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