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Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/wa·paθkwa

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

Alternative forms

Etymology

A compound, possibly formed at a pre-Proto-Algonquian date, of *wa·p- (“white”) +‎ *maθkwa (“bear”).

Noun

*wa·paθkwa

  1. white bear, polar bear

Descendants
  • Plains Algonquian:
    • Arapaho: nóókox (“white bear, polar bear”)
  • Central Algonquian:
    • Cree: wâpask (“polar bear”)
  • Eastern Algonquian:
    • Penobscot: wɑmp'sk'ʷ, wapskw (“white bear”)
    • Malecite-Passamaquoddy: wapsq (“polar bear”)

References
  • Guillaume Jacques, A Siouan-Algonquian Wanderwort: the name of the bear (2012; Amerindia, 36), which cites Siebert
  • George F. Aubin, A Proto-Algonquian Dictionary
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