aʼno꞉wál

Oneida

Etymology

From Proto-North Iroquoian *-aɁnowaɹ-.

Noun

aʼno꞉wál

  1. turtle (any reptile from the Testudines order)
  • -nyahtʌ-, -nyatha-, Latinyáhtʌ, Latinyáthaʼ (“Turtle Clan”)
  • ostowaʼkó (“turtle shell rattle”)
  • -ʼnow- (“hump/dome-shaped”)

References

  • Karin Michelson; Mercy Doxtator (2002), Oneida-English English-Oneida Dictionary, University of Toronto, pages 319, 863
  • Clifford Abbott (2006), Oneida Teaching Grammar, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, page 153
  • Clifford Abbott; Maria Hinton (1996–), “aˀno·wál”, in Oneida Language Dictionary‎[1], University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
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