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[Alan H. Hartley]

> What other words have that initial?
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>>In passing, the /wiikwee-/ may actually be /wiihkwee-/, referring to the
>>*bottom* of things.

Plains Cree (Wolfart & Ahenakew):

wîhkwêhcâ- 'go around as land, be curved as land, be the sweep of the
valley'
wîhkwêtakâw- 'corner made by wooden walls, corner of the floor, corner
of the house'
wîhkwêskamikâ- 'go around someone, head someone off'
wîhkwêstê- 'be placed around, stand in the shape of a curve'
wîhkwêtâpânâskw- 'rounded toboggan, curved sleigh'

So the Cree forms suggest the meaning 'curve around'. It's the bottom of
something in the sense that the vertex of the curve is as far (into a
corner or a valley) or as deep (into a bay) as one can go.

Alan