skonis

Malecite-Passamaquoddy

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *weϴkani (“bone”). Cognate with Unami xkàn, Ojibwe -kan-, Mohegan-Pequot -skan, Miami -hkan-, Abenaki wskan, Menominee ohkān, Plains Cree ᐅᐢᑲᐣ (“oskan”).

Noun

skonis inan (locative skonisok, possessed 'taskonisom, diminutives skonisossis, plural skonisol)

  1. bone

References
  • Francis, David A. with Leavitt, Robert R. and Apt, Margaret (2008) “skonis”, in The Passamaquoddy-Maliseet Dictionary, The Passamaquoddy Language Preservation Project
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