Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/-no·na·kan-
Proto-Algonquian
editNoun
edit*-no·na·kan-
Synonyms
edit- *-θeni (“breast”)
Related terms
edit- *no·nwa
- *no·nle·wa (“she breastfeeds him/her”)
Descendants
edit- Plains Algonquian:
- Central Algonquian:
- Menominee: no·na·kan (“nipple; teat; breast (of a woman)”)
- Potawatomi: nonogin (“breast, teat”)
- Fox: nônâkani (“breast, teat; nipple”) (whence nônâkanâpowi (“(breast) milk”, literally “breast water”))
- Eastern Algonquian:
- Unami: nunakàn (“woman's breast; milk”)
Compare Abenaki nonoz (“nipple; breast”), Ojibwe nooni', noozh (“breastfeed (a baby)”).
References
edit- David Costa, The Dialectology of Southern New England Algonquian, Papers of the 38th Algonquian Conference 81-127 (edited by H. C. Wolfart) (2007)