Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/e·mehkwa·na

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

Noun

*e·mehkwa·na

1. spoon (as might be made from a gourd/squash)

Descendants

• Plains Algonquian:
  • probably Arapaho: heebíyoo (“spoon”)
  • Cheyenne: háméško (“spoon”)
• Central Algonquian:
  • Cree: êmihkwân/ᐁᒥᐦᑳᐧᐣ (emihkaayn, “(big) spoon”)
  • Swampy Cree: ᐁᒥᐦᒀᓐ (emihkwân)
  • Naskapi: ᐊᒥᒂᓐ (amikwaan)
  • Montagnais: emikuan
  • Atikamekw: emikwan
  • Northern East Cree: ᐋᒥᐦᐧᑳᓐ (aamihykaan)
  • Southern East Cree: ᐁᒥᐦᐧᑳᓐ (emihykaan)
  • Menominee: ɛ·meskwan (“spoon, ladle”)
  • Ojibwe: emikwaan -ag (“spoon, ladle”)
  • Potawatomi: e'mkwanes (“spoon”)
  • Fox: êmehkwâni (“spoon”)
  • Shawnee: heemhkwa
  • Miami: eemihkwaani (“squash, pumpkin”)
• Eastern Algonquian:
  • Mi'kmaq: amqwan (“spoon”), Mi'kmaq: amqwanji'j (“spoon”)
  • Penobscot: èmkʷαn
  • Malecite-Passamaquoddy: emqan (“spoon”)
  • Mahican: aamhãan
  • Munsee: eemhwáanus
  • Unami: èmhònës (“spoon”)

References

• Frank Siebert, Discrepant Consonant Clusters Ending in *-k- in Proto-Algonquian, a Proposed Interpretation of Saltatory Sound Changes, Contributions to Anthropology: Linguistics I (National Museum of Canada, bulletin number 214, Anthropological Series number 78, pages 48-59)
• Siebert (1975)
• David Costa, Shawnee Noun Plurals, in Anthropological Linguistics, 43:3 (2001)
• Costa, David J. (2003) The Miami-Illinois Language (Studies in the Native Languages of the Americas), Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN
• Ningewance, Patricia M. Zagataagan: A Northern Ojibwe Dictionary. Anishaabemowin Ikidowinan gaa-niibidebii'igaadegin dago gaye ewemitigoozhiibii'igaadegin (2009)