Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/menwa

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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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Verb

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*menwa

  1. she or he drinks

Descendants

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taking this form as representative of the whole paradigm
  • Plains Algonquian:
    • Arapaho: béne- (drink)
    • Cheyenne: -mane (drink)
  • Central Algonquian:
  • Eastern Algonquian:
    • Unami: mëne (drink)
    • Munsee: mŭnéew (he/she drinks)

References

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  • Bloomfield (1946)
  • 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)