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Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/meʔšipakwa
Proto-Algonquian
Etymology
A compound of a particle meaning "(it is) big" and *-pakwa (“leaf”).
Noun
*meʔšipakwa
- big leaf
Descendants
- Miami: mihšipakwa (“leaf (in some dialects); big leaf (in other dialects)”)
References
- Costa, David J. (2003) The Miami-Illinois Language (Studies in the Native Languages of the Americas), Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN