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Menominee
Etymology
From Proto-Algonquian *pahkwe·šikan- (“bread”). Cognate with Ojibwe bakwezhigan (“bread, bannock, flour”), Plains Cree ᐸᐦᑵᓯᑲᐣ (pahkwêsikan, “bread, bannock, flour”), Fox pahkwêshikani (“bread, flour”), Miami pahkweešikani (“bread”), Montagnais pakueshikan (“bread”), Northern East Cree ᐲᐧᓵᔮᐃᐦᑯᓈᐤ (piiysaayaaihkonaaw, “bread”), Southern East Cree ᐸᐦᐧᑫᔑᑲᓐ (pahykeshikan, “bread, flour”).
Noun
pahki·sekan
- wheat
- flour
- bread
References
- Leonard Bloomfield, Menominee Lexicon (edited by Charles F. Hockett) (1973)
- Walter James Hoffman, The Menomini Indians