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Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/aθemwa

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
  • *aɬemwa (alternative orthography)
  • (in compounds:) *-aʔθemw- (*aʔɬemw- (alternative orthography))

Noun

*aθemwa

  1. dog

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Plains Algonquian:
    • Arapaho: heθ (“dog”)
    • Cheyenne: hótame (“dog → hound → (in compounds) small domesticated animal”)
  • Central Algonquian:
    • Cree: atim/ᐊᑎᒼ (atim, “dog”)
    • Menominee: anɛ·m (“dog”); anɛ·mo·hseh (“little dog, puppy”)
    • Fox: anemôha (“dog”)
    • Miami: alemwa (“dog”)
    • Ojibwe: animosh (“dog”) -ay-(ish) (“someone's dog”) -sim (“dog morpheme”)
  • Eastern Algonquian:
    • Abenaki: alemos (“dog”)
    • Mohegan-Pequot: ayumohs (“little dog, puppy”)
    • Penobscot: a'ləmus (“dog”)
    • Quiripi: arsúm (“dog”)

References
  • Cheyenne Dictionary of Fisher, Leman, Pine, and Sanchez
  • Historical Linguistics 1989: Papers from the 9th International Conference on Historical Linguistics →ISBN, edited by Hendrik Aertsen and ‎Robert J. Jeffers (1993): "PA *-a?θemwa 'dog'"
  • The Languages of Native America →ISBN, edited by Lyle Campbell and Marianne Mithun (2014): aθemw-, aʔθemw-
  • Bloomfield (1946)
  • Costa, David J. (2003) The Miami-Illinois Language (Studies in the Native Languages of the Americas), Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN
  • Ningewance, Patricia M. Zagataagan: A Northern Ojibwe Dictionary. Anishaabemowin Ikidowinan gaa-niibidebii'igaadegin dago gaye ewemitigoozhiibii'igaadegin (2009)
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