David Costa wrote: > The Proto-Algonquian word for 'turkey', */pele:wa/, can be etymologized > as literally meaning 'flier'. which comes out in Ojibway as bine 'partridge, ruffed grouse' and binesi 'bird (of a large species)'. Turkey is mizise. /pele:wa/ descendants in Plains Cree mean 'bird' and 'prairie chicken'. Alan