Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/pakwa

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

Noun

*pakwa

1. leaf

Derived terms

• *meʔšipakwa

Descendants

• Abenaki: the second element of (wani)bagw (“leaf”); -bagw (in compounds)
• Fox: the second element of (tâhta)pakwi (“leaf”)
• Menominee: -pak- (“leaf”)
• Miami: see *meʔšipakwa
• Mohegan-Pequot: the second element of (wuni)paq (“leaf”)
• Ojibwe: -bag (in compounds)
• Shawnee: pakwa- (“leaf-shaped; plant-like”)
• Unami: the second element of (këm)pàkw

References

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