sqá
Mohegan-Pequot
editAlternative forms
edit- shquaaw (obsolete orthography)
Etymology
editFrom Proto-Algonquian *eθkwe·wa (“(young) woman”); cognate with Massachusett squàws (“woman”). See squaw for more information.
Noun
editsqá
References
edit- A Vocabulary of Mohegan-Pequot (John D. Prince, Frank G. Speck)