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Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/menwa

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

Verb

*menwa

  1. she or he drinks

Descendants
taking this form as representative of the whole paradigm
  • Plains Algonquian:
    • Arapaho: béne- (“drink”)
    • Cheyenne: -mane (“drink”)
  • Central Algonquian:
    • Shawnee: menwa (“she or he drinks”)
    • Miami: minwa ~ meenka (“she or he drinks”); nimene (“I drink”) (from *nemene (“I drink”))
    • Cree: minihkwew / ᒥᓂᐦᑫᐧᐤ (minihkeyw, “s/he drinks”)
    • Ojibwe: mina' (vta) (“give her or him a drink, give (it) to her or him to drink”); minikwe (vai) (“she or he drinks”)
  • Eastern Algonquian:
    • Unami: mëne (“drink”)

References
  • Bloomfield (1946)
  • Costa, David J. (2003) The Miami-Illinois Language (Studies in the Native Languages of the Americas), Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN
  • Ningewance, Patricia M. Zagataagan: A Northern Ojibwe Dictionary. Anishaabemowin Ikidowinan gaa-niibidebii'igaadegin dago gaye ewemitigoozhiibii'igaadegin (2009)
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