pahki·sekan

Menominee

Alternative forms
  • paqki'sikan
  • pahkīsekan

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

  1. wheat
  2. flour
  3. bread

References
  • Leonard Bloomfield, Menominee Lexicon (edited by Charles F. Hockett) (1973)
  • Walter James Hoffman, The Menomini Indians
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