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Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/pawe·wa

This Proto-Algonquian entry contains reconstructed words 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

*pawe·wa

  1. 'shaman' : he dreams, he has dream-powers (magical powers)

Descendants
direct descendants:
  • Central Algonquian:
    • Shawnee: paweewa (“he is rich”)
  • Eastern Algonquian:
    • Massachusett: pauwau (“he uses divination; he practices magic or sorcery”)
    • Narragansett: powwáw (“sorcerer, shaman, priest”)
related terms:
  • Central Algonquian:
    • Cree: the first part of pawâkan/ᐸᐋᐧᑲᐣ (paaaykan, “dream spirit; figure encountered in a dream which comes to represent spiritual power”)
    • Menominee: the first part of pawa·-cekan (“dream”)
    • Ojibwe: the first part of bawaa-jige (“she or he has a dream”) and bawaa-jigan (“dream, vision”)
    • Fox: âhpawêwa (“dream”)
  • Eastern Algonquian:
    • Abenaki: baw- (“exercise power by wishing”)
    • Malecite-Passamaquoddy: the first part of puwyakon (“dream”)
  • → English: powwow (probably from Massachusett or Narragansett)

References
  • 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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