pahki·sekan
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Menominee[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Algonquian *pahkwe·šikan- (“bread”). Cognate with Ojibwe bakwezhigan (“bread, bannock, flour”), Plains Cree ᐸᐦᑵᓯᑲᐣ (pahkwêsikan, “bread, bannock, flour”), Fox pahkwêshikani (“bread, flour”), Miami pahkweešikani (“bread”), Montagnais pakueshikan (“bread”), Northern East Cree ᐲᐧᓵᔮᐃᐦᑯᓈᐤ (piiysaayaaihkonaaw, “bread”), Southern East Cree ᐸᐦᐧᑫᔑᑲᓐ (pahykeshikan, “bread, flour”).
Noun[edit]
pahki·sekan
References[edit]
- Leonard Bloomfield, Menominee Lexicon (edited by Charles F. Hockett) (1973)
- Walter James Hoffman, The Menomini Indians