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Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/wa·pi-ki·la·hkwa

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

Etymology

A compound of *wa·p- (“white”) and Proto-Algic *ki·la·hka (“goose”), with -w- added under the influence of other birds' names.

Noun

*wa·pi-ki·la·hkwa

  1. snow goose, white goose

Descendants
  • Eastern Algonquian:
    • Abenaki: wôbi-gilhakw (“white goose”)
    • Malecite-Passamaquoddy: wapi-kilahq (“white goose”)

References
  • Paul Proulx, Proto-Algic VI: Conditioned Yurok reflexes of Proto-Algic vowels, Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics 27:124–138 (2004)
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