Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/taθ-

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

Alternative forms

*tal-, *tar- (variant)
*taɬ- (alternative orthography using /ɬ/ for 'θ')

Etymology

A variant of *tal- (which see), from Proto-Algic.

Adverb

*taθ-

there, synonym of *tal-

Descendants

see also *tal-

Central Algonquian:
- Cree: tasi/ᑕᓯ (tasi, “there”)

Verb

*taθ-

have (an inanimate object) (somewhere)

Related terms

*tal- (“have (an animate object) (somewhere)”)

Descendants

see also *tal-

Central Algonquian:
- Atikamekw: tat

References

Bloomfield (1946)
Goddard (1982)
Paul Proulx, Proto-Algic III: Pronouns, in Studies in Native American Languages II, volume 16 (1991)
J. Blevins, A. Garrett, The rise and fall of l sandhi in California Algic (2007) (citing Goddard; also citing Beland 1978 regarding Atikamekw)
Arok Elessar Wolvengrey, Semantic and Pragmatic Functions in Plains Cree syntax
Papers of the ... Algonquian Conference, volume 26 (1995; edited by William Cowan), page 348: "Goddard (1982: 28) notes that the Delaware word eehontaxpwiink [èhèntalipwink] 'table' is formed upon an old middle reflexive stem composed of PA *taθ- [*tal-] 'there' and *-po 'eat.'"