Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/nepyi

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 edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Algic *nepiʔi, whence also Yurok pa'ah (“water”).

Noun edit

*nepyi

water

Descendants edit

Plains Algonquian:
- Arapahoan:
  - Arapaho: néč
  - Gros Ventre: níc
- Cheyenne: mahpe
Central Algonquian:
- Cree-Montagnais-Naskapi:
  - Cree: ᓃᐲᔾ (niipiiy)
    - Plains Cree: nipiy, ᓂᐱᕀ
    - Atikamekw: ᓂᐱ (nipi)
  - Montagnais-Naskapi:
    - East Cree:
      - Northern East Cree: ᓂᐲ (nipii)
      - Southern East Cree: ᓂᐲ (nipii)
    - Naskapi: ᓂᐱᐟ (nipit)
    - Montagnais: ᓂᐱ (nipi)
- Menominee: nepe·w (nonlocative), nepi·heh (locative)
- Eastern Great Lakes:
  - Ojibwe-Potawatomi:
    - Ojibwe: nibi
    - Algonquin: nibi
  - Fox: nepi
  - Kickapoo: nepi
  - Shawnee: nepi
  - Miami: nipi
Eastern Algonquian:
- Abenaki: nebi
- Malecite-Passamaquoddy: nopim
- Massachusett: nippe, nuppe
- Mohegan-Pequot: nupi
- Delaware:
  - Unami: mpi
  - Munsee: mbúy
  - Nanticoke: nep
- Quiripi: núp

References edit

Bloomfield (1946)
Costa, David J. (2003) The Miami-Illinois Language (Studies in the Native Languages of the Americas), Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN
Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics (1993)