Where does “qalipu” come from?
qalipu (Mi'kmaq) comes from Proto-Algonquian maka·lipowa, from Proto-Algonquian maka·l- — scrape, shovel, remove.
qalipu (Mi'kmaq): caribou
Ancestry of “qalipu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Algonquian | maka·lipowa | caribou |
| 2 | Proto-Algonquian | maka·l- | scrape, shovel, remove |
Words derived from “qalipu”