Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/mexponwi

Proto-Algonquian

Verb

*mexponwi

1. it snows

Descendants

• Central Algonquian:
  • Plains Cree: mispon / ᒥᐢᐳᐣ (“it snows”)
  • Moose Cree: ᒥᐢᐳᐣ
  • Southern East Cree: ᒥᔅᐳᓐ (mispon)
  • Northern East Cree: ᒥᔅᐳᓐ (mispon)
  • Montagnais: mishpun
  • Atikamekw: mispon
• Great Lakes Algonquian:
  • Fox: mehpowi

Synonyms

• *so·kixpowi
• *peʔθaᐧnwi
• *piᐧwanwi

References

• Anthropological Linguistics (the journal of Indiana University's Department of Anthropology), volume 39, issue 1 (1997)