segôgw

Abenaki
FWOTD – 11 June 2018

Etymology

Literally "he who urinates", in reference to the animals' spraying of stinky musk, from Proto-Algonquian *šeka·kwa, from *šek- (“to urinate”) (Abenaki seg-).

segôgw

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /səɡɔ̃ɡʷ/

Noun

segôgw (animate, plural segôgwak)

  1. skunk (small mammal with black and white coat and musk glands)

Descendants
  • → English: skunk (see there for further descendants)

References
  • Joseph Laurent (1884) New Familiar Abenakis and English Dialogues, Quebec: Leger Brousseau
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