Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/si·po·wi

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

*si·po·wi

1. river

Descendants

• Plains Algonquian:
  • Arapaho: niicii
  • Gros Ventre: níícééh
• Central Algonquian:
  • Cree-Montagnais:
    • Cree: sîpiy / ᓰᐱᔾ / ᓰᐱᕀ (“river”)
      • Swampy Cree: sīpiy, ᓰᐱᕀ
      • Northern East Cree: siipii, ᓰᐲ (siipii)
      • Southern East Cree: siipii, ᓰᐲ (siipii)
      • Plains Cree: sîpiy, ᓰᐱᕀ
  • Menominee: sēpēw
  • Ojibwe: ziibi, ᓰᐱ
    • Severn Ojibwa: siipi, ᓰᐱ
    • Western Ojibwa: sīpi, ᓰᐱ
  • Fox-Sauk-Kickapoo:
    • Fox: sipowi
    • Kickapoo: θiipoi
  • Shawnee: θiipi
  • Miami: siipiiwi
• Eastern Algonquian:
  • Abenaki: sibo
  • Mohegan-Pequot: sipo
  • Delaware:
    • Munsee: síipuw (sí·pəw)
    • Unami: sipu

References

• Ives Goddard, An Outline of the Historical Phonology of Arapaho and Atsina, International Journal of American Linguistics, 40:2, 1974, pp. 102-116

• David J. Costa, Shawnee Noun Plurals, Anthropological Linguistics, 43:3, 2001, pp. 255–287

• Paul H. Voorhis, 1988, Kickapoo Vocabulary, Winnipeg, Algonquian and Iroquoian Linguistics, Memoir 6.

• Leonard Bloomfield, Fox-English Lexicon, Human Relations Area Files, New Haven (CT), 1984

• John Edwards, Observations on the Language of the Muhhekaneew Indians, New Haven (CT), 1788

•[Maliseet-Passamaquoddy Dictionary]

• Gordon M. Day, 1964, A St. Francis Abenaki Vocabulary, International Journal of American Linguistics, 30:4, pp. 371-392.