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Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/-aki

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

Suffix

*-aki

  1. suffix used to pluralize animate nouns
    *e·rikwa (“ant”) → *e·rikwaki (“ants”)

Descendants
  • Central Algonquian:
    • Cree: -ak, -k
    • Menominee: -ak, -ok
    • Ojibwe: -g, -ag, -iig, -oog, -wag
    • Fox: -aki
    • Shawnee: -aki
    • Miami: -waki, -ooki
  • Eastern Algonquian:
    • Mi'kmaq: -g, -ug
    • Abenaki: -ak
    • Malecite-Passamaquoddy: -ok, -uwok
    • Mohegan-Pequot: -ak
    • Unami: -àk
    • Munsee: -ak

See also

References
  • Siebert (1975)
  • Marc Picard, Principles and Methods in Historical Phonology: From Proto-Algonkian to Arapaho
  • Costa, David J. (2003) The Miami-Illinois Language (Studies in the Native Languages of the Americas), Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN
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