mgign
Appearance
Mi'kmaq
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Cognate with Penobscot mə̀kihkan (“fishhook”), Malecite-Passamaquoddy mkihkon (“fishhook”)/pkihkon. Possibly cognate with Massachusett uhquân (“hook”), Narragansett hoquaùn.
Possibly from Proto-Algonquian *mekeçkani.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mgign inan (plural mgignn)
References
[edit]- ^ Hewson, John (2017) “*mekeçkani”, in Proto-Algonquian Online Dictionary, Carleton University, School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies