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Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/pemyi

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

Alternative forms
  • *pemi (older reconstruction)

Etymology

From Proto-Algic *peʔmeye (“grease”), whence also Yurok pemey (“grease, cooking fat, oil”) and Wiyot bo'm, pu'm (“grease”).

Noun

*pemyi

  1. grease, oil, fat

Descendants
  • Plains Algonquian:
    • Cheyenne: ame (“grease”)
  • Central Algonquian:
    • Cree: ᐱᒥᕀ (pimiy, “grease, oil, lard”), ᐱᒦᐦᑳᐣ (pimîhkân, “pemmican”)
    • Ojibwe: bimide (“grease, oil, lard”)
    • Miami: pimi (“fat, grease”)
  • Eastern Algonquian:
    • Abenaki: bemi, pemi (“grease, oil, fat”)
    • probably Malecite-Passamaquoddy mimey (“grease, oil”)
    • Unami: pëmi (“lard, fat, grease”)

References
  • Goddard (1981)
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