Reconstruction:Proto-Algic/-li·ne
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This Proto-Algic 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-Algic
[edit]Noun
[edit]*-li·ne
Usage notes
[edit]This term was always possessed, e.g. as *meli·ne (alternative orthography: *meliːni).
Descendants
[edit]- Wiyot: /bəˈlid/ (with the indefinite third-person prefix)
- Yurok: me-lin (“someone's eye(s)”) (with the indefinite third-person prefix)
References
[edit]- Proulx (1984)
- Paul Proulx, Proto-Algic IV: Nouns, in Studies in Native American Languages VII, volume 17, number 2 (1992)