Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/aʔsenya

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

• *aʔsenyi

Noun

*aʔsenya

1. stone, rock

Synonyms

• *-a·peθk- (“stone; metal; solid material”)

Descendants

• Central Algonquian:
  • Plains Cree: asiniy / ᐊᓯᓂᕀ (“stone”)
  • Naskapi: ᐊᓯᓂᔾ (asiniy, “stone”)
  • Ojibwe: asin (“stone”)
  • Ottawa: sin
  • Northwestern Ojibwa: asin
  • Central Ojibwa:
  • Fox: atheni (“rock, stone”)
  • Kickapoo: aθeni
  • Miami: ahseni (“stone, rock”)
  • Menominee: aqsan
• Eastern Algonquian: *ahsən (“stone”)
  • Abenaki: sen (“stone”)
  • Malecite-Passamaquoddy: sun (“stone”)
  • Quiripi: sun (“stone”)(Unquachog)
  • Mohegan-Pequot: sun (“stone”)
  • Mahican: sin (“stone, rock”)
  • Penobscot: wə̀lahsəne (“he is a good stone”)(the word final)
  • Munsee: ăsún (ăsə́n, “stone”)
  • Unami: ahsën (“stone, rock”)
  • Massachusett: hassun

Compare Cheyenne ho'honáá'e (“rock, stone”), ó'ėséena (“whetstone, sharpening stone”).

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