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Etymology
From Proto-Algonquian *wiᐧwiwa or a related form.[1] Compare Ojibwe -wiiw (“wife”),[2] Lenape wìwall (“his wife”).[3]
Noun
weéwo
- wife
- Synonyms: mittúmmus, wullógana
Declension
Declension of weewo (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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weéwo |
*weewo-og (-ock, -uck, -aug) |
*weewo-ick (-uck, -eck, -eg, -it, -ut)
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| possessed forms
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| first-person (my)
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nowéewo |
*n'weewo-og (-ock, -uck, -aug) |
*n'weewo-ick (-uck, -eck, -eg, -it, -ut)
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| second-person (your)
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cowéewo |
*k'weewo-og (-ock, -uck, -aug) |
*k'weewo-ick (-uck, -eck, -eg, -it, -ut)
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| third-person (his, her)
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*w'weewo |
*w'weewo-og (-ock, -uck, -aug) |
*w'weewo-ick (-uck, -eck, -eg, -it, -ut)
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References
- ^ Hewson, John (2017) “*wiᐧwiwa”, in Proto-Algonquian Online Dictionary, Carleton University, School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies
- ^ Nora Livesay and John D. Nichols, editors (2012-2021), “-wiiw”, in Ojibwe People's Dictionary, University of Minnesota
- ^ Eben Norton Horsford, editor (1887), Zeisberger's Indian dictionary, Cambridge, MA: John Wilson and Son, →OCLC, page 231
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