Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/na·pe·wa
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Proto-Algonquian
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Algic *na·pe·gʷa (“male”).
Compare *aya·pe·wa (“buck, male ruminant”).
Noun
edit*na·pe·wa (plural *na·pe·waki)
Synonyms
edit- *erenyiwa (“man, person”)
Derived terms
edit- *na·pe·θkwa (“male bear”)
Descendants
edit- Plains Algonquian:
- Blackfoot: naapím (“male animal”)
- Central Algonquian:
- Eastern Algonquian:
- Malecite-Passamaquoddy: nape- (“male”)
- Mi'kmaq: nape- (“male”), as in nape'w (“rooster, male bird”)
- Abenaki: nôba- (“male”)
- Mahican: njápāŭ (“buck, male ruminant”) (or perhaps this is from *aya·pe·wa (“buck, male ruminant”))
References
edit- Paul Proulx, Proto-Algic IV: Nouns, in Studies in Native American Languages VII, volume 17, number 2 (1992)