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Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/ni·pen-

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

Verb

*ni·pen-

  1. be summer

Antonyms

Descendants
descendants of this verb and its associated noun
  • Plains Algonquian:
    • Blackfoot: nepu' (“summer”)
    • Cheyenne: -méaneve (“be summer”) (from *ni·peno·wi)
  • Central Algonquian:
    • Cree: nîpin/ᓃᐱᐣ (niipin, “summer”)
    • Ojibwe: niibin (“it is summer”)
    • Miami: niipinwi (“it is summer”)
  • Eastern Algonquian:
    • Abenaki: niben (“summer; it is summer”)
    • Penobscot: ni·'bən(al) (“summer”)
    • Malecite-Passamaquoddy: nipon (“it is summer”)
    • Unami: nipën (“summer”)

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