Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/aʔsenya

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

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Alternative forms

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  • *aʔsenyi

Noun

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*aʔsenya

  1. stone, rock

Synonyms

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Descendants

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  • Central Algonquian:
    • Plains Cree: asiniyᐊᓯᓂᕀ (stone)
    • Naskapi: ᐊᓯᓂᔾ (asiniy, stone)
    • Ojibwe: asin (stone)
    • Ottawa: sin
    • Northwestern Ojibwa: asin
    • Central Ojibwa:
    • Fox: atheni (rock, stone)
    • Kickapoo: aθeni
    • Miami: ahseni (stone, rock)
    • Menominee: aqsan
  • Eastern Algonquian: *ahsən (stone)
    • Abenaki: sen (stone)
    • Malecite-Passamaquoddy: sun (stone)
    • Quiripi: sun (stone)(Unquachog)
    • Mohegan-Pequot: sun (stone)
    • Mahican: sin (stone, rock)
    • Penobscot: wə̀lahsəne (he is a good stone)(the word final)
    • Munsee: ăsún (ăsə́n, stone)
    • Unami: ahsën (stone, rock)
    • Massachusett: hassun

Compare Cheyenne ho'honáá'e (rock, stone), ó'ėséena (whetstone, sharpening stone).

References

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  • Bloomfield (1946)
  • Costa, David J. (2003) The Miami-Illinois Language (Studies in the Native Languages of the Americas), Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN