Reconstruction:Proto-Algic/-sene

This Proto-Algic 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-Algic

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Noun

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*-sene

  1. breast

Usage notes

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This term was always possessed, e.g. as *mesene.

Descendants

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  • Wiyot: va·sar, weser, wesen ((woman's) breast; milk) (with the definite third-person prefix), básad (breasts) (with the indefinite third-person prefix)
  • Proto-Algonquian: *-θeni, *-seni (breast)

References

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  • Paul Proulx, Proto-Algic IV: Nouns, in Studies in Native American Languages VII, volume 17, number 2 (1992)