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Narragansett
Etymology
From Proto-Algonquian *niᐧmata (“my brother”).[1] Cognate to Massachusett weematoh (“(his) brother”),[2] Lenape nimat[3] / Unami nimahtës (“my brother”).
Possibly the third-person possessed form of *-mat (“brother”), i.e. "his brother".[4]
Noun
weémat anim
- brother
Declension
Declension of weemat (animate, 3 forms attested)
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singular
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plural
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locative
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| unpossessed
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*-mat |
*-mat-og (-ock, -uck, -aug) |
*-mat-ick (-uck, -eck, -eg, -it, -ut)
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| possessed forms
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| first-person (my)
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neémat |
*nmat-og (-ock, -uck, -aug) |
*nmat-ick (-uck, -eck, -eg, -it, -ut)
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| second-person (your)
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neémat |
*kmat-og (-ock, -uck, -aug) |
*kmat-ick (-uck, -eck, -eg, -it, -ut)
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| third-person (his, her)
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weémat |
*wmat-og (-ock, -uck, -aug) |
*wmat-ick (-uck, -eck, -eg, -it, -ut)
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References
- ^ Hewson, John (2017) “*niᐧmata”, in Proto-Algonquian Online Dictionary, Carleton University, School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies
- ^ James Hammond Trumbull (1903) “weematoh”, in Natick Dictionary, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 185
- ^ Eben Norton Horsford, editor (1887), Zeisberger's Indian dictionary, Cambridge, MA: John Wilson and Son, →OCLC, pages 29, 126
- ^ F. O'Brien & J. Jennings (2001) Introduction to the Narragansett Language, Newport: Aquidneck Indian Council, →LCCN, page 87
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