ASB puza

Alan H. Hartley ahartley at d.umn.edu
Wed Aug 13 02:06:45 UTC 2003


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

(Lake Superior) Ojibway:

Nichols & Nyholm:
wiikwe-gamaa 'be a bay' (also as placename 'Fond du Lac')

Baraga:
wiikwed 'bay'
wiikweya 'there is a bay'
wiikwe-gamigak aki 'in a corner of the earth'
wiikwe-ssagak 'in a corner of the room'

Alan



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