shkwêthêha
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Etymology
From Proto-Algonquian *eθkwe·wa (“young woman”). Cognate with Mohegan-Pequot sqáhsihs (“girl”), Unami xkwechëch (“girl”), Montagnais ishkuessiss (“girl”), Ojibwe ikwezens (“girl”).
Noun
shkwêthêha anim
References
- Gordon Whittaker, A Concise Dictionary of the Sauk Language, The Sac & Fox National Public Library, 2005
- Hewson, John (2017), “eϴkweᐧhsa”, in Proto-Algonquian Online Dictionary, Carleton University, School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies