Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/-no·na·kan-

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Proto-Algonquian

Noun

*-no·na·kan-

  1. breast

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Plains Algonquian:
    • possibly Blackfoot uniki (“milk”), úniki(s) (“breast”)
    • possibly Arapaho: niinéét (“nipple”)
  • Central Algonquian:
    • Menominee: no·na·kan (“nipple; teat; breast (of a woman)”)
    • Potawatomi: nonogin (“breast, teat”)
    • Fox: nônâkani (“breast, teat; nipple”) (whence nônâkanâpowi (“(breast) milk”, literally “breast water”))
  • Eastern Algonquian:
    • Unami: nunakàn (“woman's breast; milk”)

Compare Abenaki nonoz (“nipple; breast”), Ojibwe nooni', noozh (“breastfeed (a baby)”).

References

  • David Costa, The Dialectology of Southern New England Algonquian, Papers of the 38th Algonquian Conference 81-127 (edited by H. C. Wolfart) (2007)
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