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Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/walahakaya

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 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

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Noun

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*walahakaya

  1. scale of a fish

Descendants

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  • Southern East Cree: ᐅᐦᐊᑲᐃᐦ (ohakaih)
  • Atikamekw: ohakai
  • Montagnais: unakai (“scale”)
  • Miami: alakayi (“fish scale; egg shell; acorn cup”) ~ alakaya
  • Unami: olàxahkay (“fish scales; reptile scales / skin”)
  • Malecite-Passamaquoddy: wolahq

References

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  • Costa, David J. (2003) The Miami-Illinois Language (Studies in the Native Languages of the Americas), Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, citing Siebert (1975)
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