Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/nepyi

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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

Etymology

From Proto-Algic *nepiʔi, whence also Yurok pa'ah (“water”).

Noun

*nepyi

  1. water

Descendants

  • Plains Algonquian:
    • Arapahoan:
      • Arapaho: néč
      • Gros Ventre: níc
    • Cheyenne: mahpe
  • Central Algonquian:
  • Eastern Algonquian:

References

  • Bloomfield (1946)
  • Costa, David J. (2003) The Miami-Illinois Language (Studies in the Native Languages of the Americas), Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN
  • Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics (1993)
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