pëlenikw

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Unami[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Algonquian *pele·nyikwa.[1] By surface analysis, pële (“fowl”) +‎ -nikw, a word-final form derived from Proto-Algonquian *anyikwa (“squirrel”). Cognate of Abenaki planikw.

Noun[edit]

pëlenikw anim

  1. flying squirrel

References[edit]

[1]

  1. ^ Siebert, Frank T. (1967) A.D. DeBlois, editor, Contributions to Anthropology: Linguistics I (Algonquian), Ottawa, The original home of the Proto-Algonquian people, page 22
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