Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/-a·py
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This Proto-Algonquian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-Algonquian
Alternative forms
Noun
*-a·py
Derived terms
- *-e·ya·py
- *aʔta·pya (“bowstring; bow”)
- *aʔlapa·py, *aʔlapa·pyi (whence babiche)
- *še·ya·pya
Descendants
- Plains Algonquian:
- Blackfoot: a'písi-, a-pīx-i- (“rope”)
- Central Algonquian:
- Miami: -aapii- (“rope”)
- Eastern Algonquian:
References
- Archaeology of Eastern North America, volume 15 (1987), page 5:
- Proto-Eastern Algonquian had a word for "bow", *aʔta·pya (a compound of aʔt-, "set in place" and -a·py, "cord, string";
- Ives Goddard, Pre-Cheyenne *y, in In Honor of Mary Haas: From the Haas Festival Conference, page 358