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Reconstruction:Proto-Algic/šema·lt-
Proto-Algic
Alternative forms
- *sema·lt-
Etymology
Proulx compares the term to Proto-Pomo *xihmúy (“bow”).
Noun
*šema·lt-
- bow (weapon which uses arrows as ammunition)
Descendants
- Yurok: smohta'r (“bow (weapon)”) (with -a'r (“stick”)), 'ne-somot (“my bow”)
References
- Paul Proulx, Proto-Algic IV: Nouns, in Studies in Native American Languages VII, volume 17, number 2 (1992)