mahkwa

Fox

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *maθkwa.

Noun

mahkwa

  1. bear

Inflection


References

  • Goddard, Ives and Thomason, Lucy. A Meskwaki-English and English-Meskwaki Dictionary Based on Early Twentieth-Century Writings by Native Speakers. Petoskey, MI: Mundart Press, 2014.

Kickapoo

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *maθkwa.

Noun

mahkwa inan

  1. bear

References

• Paul H. Voorhis, 1988, Kickapoo Vocabulary, Winnipeg, Algonquian and Iroquoian Linguistics.

Miami

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *maθkwa.

Noun

mahkwa anim (plural mahkooki)

  1. black bear, Ursus americanus

References