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Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/menahanwi

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

Compare Proto-Algonquian *menehsi (“island”).

Noun

*menahanwi

  1. island

Descendants
  • Plains Algonquian
    • Probably Cheyenne manȧhého'e (“island, country”)
  • Central Algonquian
    • Ottawa: mnishenh
  • Eastern Algonquian
    • Abenaki: mnahan, menahan, manahan
    • Penobscot: mə̀nəhan
    • Loup A: men'han, mənhan
    • Massachusett: munnóh, munnohhan
    • Miami: minahánwi
    • Unami: mënatay
    • Munsee: mŭnáhan (mə̆náhan)
    • Mohegan-Pequot: munahan

Notes

Related to Cree-Montagnais-Naskapi terms ᒥᓂᔅᑎᒄ (ministikw, “island”), minishtikᵘ (“island”), minictikw.

References
  • Costa, David J. (2003) The Miami-Illinois Language (Studies in the Native Languages of the Americas), Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, citing Goddard (1982)
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