segôgw
Abenaki
editEtymology
editLiterally "he who urinates", in reference to the animals' spraying of stinky musk, from Proto-Algonquian *šeka·kwa, from *šek- (“to urinate”) (Abenaki seg-).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsegôgw (animate, plural segôgwak)
- skunk (small mammal with black and white coat and musk glands)
Descendants
edit- → English: skunk (see there for further descendants)
References
edit- Joseph Laurent (1884) New Familiar Abenakis and English Dialogues, Quebec: Leger Brousseau, page 36