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Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/e·hsa

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

Noun

*e·hsa

  1. shell; mollusc/mollusk

Descendants
  • Central Algonquian:
    • Cree: êsa / ᐁᓴ (esa, “clam shell, sea shell”)
    • Moose Cree: ᐁᐢ (ês)
    • Montagnais: esh (“mollusk, shell”)
    • Naskapi: ᐊᔅ (as)
    • Ojibwe: es (“clam; shell”)
    • Fox: êthîha (“shell; shellfish”)
    • Miami: eehsa
  • Eastern Algonquian:
    • Mohegan-Pequot: ayáhs (“seashell, shell”)
    • Unami: èhës (“clam; clamshell”)
    • Malecite-Passamaquoddy: ess (“clam”)
    • Mi'kmaq: e's (“clam”)
    • Penobscot: ess (“clam, bivalve shell, mollusk”)

References
  • Costa, David J. (2003) The Miami-Illinois Language (Studies in the Native Languages of the Americas), Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN
  • Berman, Howard (1992), “A Restriction on the Shape of Proto-Algonquian Nouns”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 58, issue 3, Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, →JSTOR
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