Reconstruction talk:Proto-Algonquian/wa·kwehsa
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- This might seem to be related to the Proto-Caddoan root that was the source of Pawnee kiwʌ́ku (“fox”), but efforts to connect Caddoan and Algonquian have so far been inconclusive. - -sche (discuss) 00:50, 30 July 2013 (UTC)
- The Yurok term for "fox" is wergers / wɹgɹs. Arapaho has nouu and bééxoúú as words for "fox". - -sche (discuss) 04:47, 30 July 2013 (UTC)
- The Wiyot term for the fox (specifically the grey fox) is â-lí-qliħl (TNAI orthography) / holikwlil (1993 orthography), a compound meaning 'it weeps around'. - -sche (discuss) 01:39, 10 August 2015 (UTC)
- In the Cheyenne dictionary, one finds vóhkéso (“kit fox”), with the note "Etym: cf. *wa:kwehsa". Compare *šenkwehsa, which has a similar ending. Compare also *-ehsa. - -sche (discuss) 03:51, 24 February 2014 (UTC)