Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/ni·ro·na

Proto-Algonquian

Pronoun

*ni·ro·na

1. we (plural); first-person plural pronoun ((exclusive))

Descendants

• Central Algonquian:
  • Cree: nîyanân/ᓃᔭᓈᐣ (“we (plural exclusive)”)
    • Atikamekw: ni·na·n (“we (plural exclusive)”)
    • Southern East Cree: niiyaan (“we (plural exclusive)”)
    • Northern East Cree: niiyaan (“we (plural exclusive)”)
    • Montagnais: nînân (“we (plural exclusive)”)
    • Naskapi: ᓂᔭᓐ (niyan, “we (plural exclusive)”)
    • Plains Cree: nîyanân, ᓃᔭᓈᐣ (niiyanaan, “we (exclusive)”)
  • Ojibwe: niinawind (“we (plural exclusive)”)
  • Ottawa: niinwi (“we (plural exclusive)”)
  • Menominee: nenaq (“we (plural exclusive)”)
  • Miami: niiloona (“we (plural exclusive)”)
  • Fox: ni·na·na (“we (plural exclusive)”)
• Eastern Algonquian:
  • Mi'kmaq: ninen (“we (plural exclusive)”)
  • Malecite-Passamaquoddy: nilun (“we (plural exclusive)”)
  • Penobscot: nə̀yona (“we (plural exclusive)”)
  • Massachusett: neenawun (“we (plural exclusive)”)
  • Mahican: nuyāānah (“we (plural exclusive)”)
  • Mohegan-Pequot: niyawun (“we (plural exclusive)”)
  • Unami: niluna (“we (plural exclusive)”)
  • Munsee: niilóona (“we (plural exclusive”)