Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/pele·wa

This Proto-Algonquian entry contains reconstructed terms 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

From Proto-Algic *pele·gʷa (“large bird”).

Noun

*pele·wa

1. turkey, large edible game bird

Descendants

• Central Algonquian
  • Southern East Cree: ᐱᔦᐤ (piyew, “grouse”)
  • Miami: pileewa (“chicken, turkey”)
  • Naskapi: ᐱᔭᐤ (piyaw, “grouse, ptarmigan”)
  • Montagnais: pineu (“grouse, ptarmigan”)
  • Ojibwe: bine (“partridge, ruffled grouse”)
  • Potawatomi: pné (“turkey”)
• Eastern Algonquian
  • Unami: pële (“turkey; fowl”)

References

• Siebert (1967)
• Paul Proulx, Proto-Algic IV: Nouns, in Studies in Native American Languages VII, volume 17, number 2 (1992)
• Costa, David J. (2003) The Miami-Illinois Language (Studies in the Native Languages of the Americas), Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN