Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/meʔšipakwa

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

A compound of a particle meaning "(it is) big" and *-pakwa (“leaf”).

Noun[edit]

*meʔšipakwa

  1. big leaf

Descendants[edit]

  • Miami: mihšipakwa (“leaf (in some dialects); big leaf (in other dialects)”)

References[edit]

  • Costa, David J. (2003) The Miami-Illinois Language (Studies in the Native Languages of the Americas), Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN
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