Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/maka·lipowa

Etymology
From +  (compare ). Literally "it shovels snow", in reference to the animals' habit of using their hooves to dig through snow to find lichens to eat.

Noun

 * 1) caribou

Descendants

 * Eastern Algonquian:
 * Penobscot: the first element of ma'gɑli·'buwewa·'ye
 * Penobscot: the first element of ma'gɑli·'buwewa·'ye
 * Penobscot: the first element of ma'gɑli·'buwewa·'ye
 * Penobscot: the first element of ma'gɑli·'buwewa·'ye