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Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/aʔsenya

This Proto-Algonquian entry contains reconstructed words 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

Alternative forms
  • *aʔsenyi

Noun

*aʔsenya

  1. stone, rock

Synonyms

Descendants
  • Central Algonquian:
    • Cree: asinîy/ᐊᓯᓃᕀ (asiniiy, “stone”)
    • Ojibwe: asin (“stone”)
    • Fox: atheni (“rock, stone”)
    • Miami: ahseni (“stone, rock”)
  • Eastern Algonquian:
    • Abenaki: sen (“stone”)
    • Malecite-Passamaquoddy: sun (“stone”)
    • Quiripi: sun (“stone”) (Unquachog)
    • Karbi: sin (“stone, rock”)
    • Munsee: ăsún (ăsə́n, “stone”)
    • Unami: ahsën (“stone, rock”)

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

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