pileelikwa

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Miami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Algonquian *pele·nyikwa.[1] Cognate with Unami pëlenikw, Abenaki planikw.

Noun

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pileelikwa anim (plural pileelikwaki)

  1. flying squirrel

References

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  1. ^ Siebert, Frank T. (1967) A.D. DeBlois, editor, Contributions to Anthropology: Linguistics I (Algonquian), Ottawa, The original home of the Proto-Algonquian people, page 22