Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/-a·py

This Proto-Algonquian 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-Algonquian

Alternative forms

• *-a·py-

Noun

*-a·py

1. string

Derived terms

• *-e·ya·py
• *aʔta·pya (“bowstring; bow”)
• *aʔlapa·py, *aʔlapa·pyi (whence babiche)
• *še·ya·pya

Descendants

• Plains Algonquian:
  • Blackfoot: a'písi-, a-pīx-i- (“rope”)
• Central Algonquian:
  • Miami: -aapii- (“rope”)
• Eastern Algonquian:
  • probably Abenaki pikôn (“string”), pihan (“rope”)

References

• Archaeology of Eastern North America, volume 15 (1987), page 5:

  Proto-Eastern Algonquian had a word for "bow", *aʔta·pya (a compound of aʔt-, "set in place" and -a·py, "cord, string"; […]

• Ives Goddard, Pre-Cheyenne *y, in In Honor of Mary Haas: From the Haas Festival Conference, page 358