penêwa

Fox

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *pele·wa.

Noun

penêwa

  1. turkey (animal or meat)

Inflection

Inflection of penêwa
Unpossessed Singular Noun Plural Noun
Proximate penêwa penêwaki
Obviative penêwani penêwahi
Vocative penê penêtike
Local penêki  
Possessed Singular Noun Plural Noun
Singular Possessive Plural Possessive Singular Possessive Plural Possessive
First person Proximate nepenêma nepenêmenâna nepenêmaki nepenêmenânaki
Obviative nepenêmani nepenêmenânani nepenêmahi nepenêmenânahi
Vocative nepenême nepenêmenâne nepenêmetike nepenêmenânetike
Local nepenêmeki nepenêmenâneki    
First and second person Proximate   kepenêmenâna   kepenêmenânaki
Obviative   kepenêmenânani   kepenêmenânahi
Vocative   kepenêmenâne   kepenêmenânetike
Local   kepenêmenâneki    
Second person Proximate kepenêma kepenêmwâwa kepenêmaki kepenêmwâwaki
Obviative kepenêmani kepenêmwâwani kepenêmahi kepenêmwâwahi
Vocative kepenême kepenêmwâwe kepenêmetike kepenêmwâwetike
Local kepenêmeki kepenêmwâweki    
Third person Obviative openêmani openêmwâwani openêmahi openêmwâwahi
Vocative openême openêmwâwe openêmetike openêmwâwetike
Local openêmeki openêmwâweki    
Indefinite Proximate openêminawa   openêminawaki  
Obviative openêminawani   openêminawahi  
Vocative openêminawe   openêminawetike  
Local openêminaweki      


Derived terms

  • penêwi - of turkey

References

  • Gordon Whittaker, A Concise Dictionary of the Sauk Language, The Sac & Fox National Public Library, 2005
  • 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.
  • Hewson, John (2017), “peleᐧwa”, in Proto-Algonquian Online Dictionary, Carleton University, School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies
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