Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/meʔtekwi
Proto-Algonquian edit
Etymology edit
Inanimate counterpart of *meʔtekwa (“tree”).
Noun edit
*meʔtekwi (plural *meʔtekwari)
Related terms edit
- *meʔtekwa·pyi (“bow”)
Descendants edit
- Plains Algonquian:
- Arapaho: beeté' (béètéʔ) (“bow”)
- Cheyenne: ma'ta (“bow”)
- Central Algonquian:
- Eastern Algonquian: *məhtəkʷ (“stick”)
See also edit
References edit
- Bulletin: Anthropological series (1967), issue 78, page 56
- Marc Picard, Principles and Methods in Historical Phonology: From Proto-Algonkian to Arapaho