Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/apwa·ni

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

Etymology

From the verb *apw- (“roast”) (which see for more).

Noun

*apwa·ni

thing which has been roasted or baked; roast or baked good: roast meat or baked (corn)bread

Descendants

Central Algonquian:
- Naskapi: ᐊᑈᓐ (apwaan, “meat roasted on a stick”)
- Menominee: (enæn-)apuan (“corn bread”)
- Ojibwe: abwaan -an (“roasted meat”)
Eastern Algonquian:
- Penobscot: àpαn (“bread”)
- Abenaki: abôn (“bread”)
- Mahican: achpōhn (“bread”)
- Malecite-Passamaquoddy: opan (“bread”)
- Powhatan: apones, appoans (“bread”)
  - → English: pone (“fried cornbread”)
- Munsee: apwáan (“bread”)
- Unami: ahpòn (“bread”)

References

Algonquian Linguistics, volume 4 (1978), page 28 (has apwa·n)
Warne, A Historical Phonology of Abenaki (1973) (has apwa·na, apwa·ni; likewise a paper in the 1975 Studies in Southeastern Indian Languages, which distinguishes the two as implying bread and meat, respectively)
Paul Proulx, Proto-Algic IV: Nouns, in Studies in Native American Languages VII, volume 17, number 2 (1992) (has apwa·ni)