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Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/menahanwi

This Proto-Algonquian entry contains reconstructed words 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

*menahanwi

  1. island

Descendants
  • Abenaki: mnahan, menahan, manahan
  • Loup A: men'han, mənhan
  • Massachusett: munnóh, munnohhan
  • Miami: minahánwi
  • Unami: mënatay
  • Munsee: mŭnáhan (mə̆náhan)

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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