Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/wa·p-

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

Particle

*wa·p-

1. (be) white

Derived terms

• *wa·p-aʔθemwa (“white dog”)
• *wa·pi-ki·la·hkwa (“white goose, snow goose”)
• *wa·paθkwa (“white bear, polar bear”) (possibly formed at a pre-PA date)

Descendants

• Plains Algonquian:
  • Blackfoot: ap- (“white”)
  • Cheyenne: -vóhpo (“whitish, greyish, light”)
• Central Algonquian:
  • Cree: wâpi-/ᐋᐧᐱ (aaypi, “white”)
  • Ojibwe: waabishkaa (“it is white”)
  • Fox: wâpâtêwi (“it is light, pale, faded; white, grey”)
  • Miami: waapisita (“he is white”)
• Eastern Algonquian:
  • Abenaki: wôbi- (“white”)
  • Penobscot: wɔ·mb- (“white”)
  • Malecite-Passamaquoddy: wap- (“white”)
  • Mi'kmaq: wape'g (“to be white”)
  • Mohegan-Pequot: wôpisu- (“she or he is white”)
  • Quiripi: wámpayo (“white”) (Unquachog)
  • Mahican: wapáju (“it is white”)
  • Munsee: wáap- (“white (in compounds)”)
  • Unami: op- (“white (in compounds)”)

References

• Cheyenne Dictionary of Fisher, Leman, Pine, and Sanchez
• Costa, David J. (2003) The Miami-Illinois Language (Studies in the Native Languages of the Americas), Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN