Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/ni·pen-

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

Verb

*ni·pen-

1. be summer

Antonyms

• *pepo·n-

Descendants

descendants of this verb and its associated noun

• Plains Algonquian:
  • Blackfoot: nepu' (“summer”)
  • Cheyenne: -méaneve (“be summer”) (from *ni·peno·wi)
• Central Algonquian:
  • Cree: nîpin/ᓃᐱᐣ (niipin, “summer”)
  • Ojibwe: niibin (“it is summer”)
  • Miami: niipinwi (“it is summer”)
• Eastern Algonquian:
  • Abenaki: niben (“summer; it is summer”)
  • Penobscot: ni·'bən(al) (“summer”)
  • Malecite-Passamaquoddy: nipon (“it is summer”)
  • Unami: nipën (“summer”)

References

• Costa, David J. (2003) The Miami-Illinois Language (Studies in the Native Languages of the Americas), Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN (*ni·penwi)