Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/aya·pe·wa

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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

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Etymology

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Compare *na·pe·wa (male, man).

Noun

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*aya·pe·wa (plural *aya·pe·waki)

  1. buck, male ungulate

Descendants

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  • Plains Algonquian:
    • Arapaho: henéécee (buffalo bull) (Kroeber's orthography: hanâⁿteäⁿ), henééčeenó' (buffalo bulls)
    • Nawathinehena: hitāⁿmōⁿ
    • Gros Ventre: hänāⁿtyei
    • Cheyenne: hotóá'e (buffalo bull, male buffalo)
  • Central Algonquian:
  • Eastern Algonquian:
    • Mohegan-Pequot: ayôp (buck, male deer)
    • Massachusett: aiyump (a hart), ayimp, eiyimp
    • Malecite-Passamaquoddy: iyap (buck), yap
    • Penobscot: áyαpe (buck)
    • Mahican: ayãapaw (buck, male deer)
    • Delaware:

References

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  • Philip Baldi, Linguistic Change and Reconstruction Methodology →ISBN, 1990)