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Reconstruction:Proto-Algic/tal-

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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

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Analysed by Proulx as a compound of *t- (be) and the associative deictic *ar, *al (*er, *el).

Adverb

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*tal-

  1. there, then

Descendants

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  • Yurok: 'o (there)
  • Wiyot: tɨla- (there, then, thus), as in tɨla-takw (she or he dwells there)
  • Proto-Algonquian: *tal- (there), *taθ- (there)

References

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  • Paul Proulx, Proto-Algic III: Pronouns, in Studies in Native American Languages II, volume 16 (1991)
  • J. Blevins, A. Garrett, The rise and fall of l sandhi in California Algic (2007)