Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/na·pe·wa

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

Etymology

From Proto-Algic *na·pe·gʷa (“male”).

Compare *aya·pe·wa (“buck, male ruminant”).

Noun

*na·pe·wa (plural *na·pe·waki)

male, man

Synonyms

*erenyiwa (“man, person”)

Derived terms

*na·pe·θkwa (“male bear”)

Descendants

Central Algonquian:
- Cree: napew/ᓇᐯᐤ (napew, “a man”) (Plains Cree), napiw, napîw/ᓇᐲᐤ (napiiw, “a man”) (Northern Cree)
  - Naskapi: naapaaw (naapaaw, “man”)
- Ojibwe: naabe (“male”)
Eastern Algonquian:
- Mi'kmaq: nape'w (“rooster, male bird”)
- Abenaki: nôba- (“male”)
- Mahican: njápāŭ (“buck, male ruminant”) (or perhaps this is from *aya·pe·wa (“buck, male ruminant”))

References

Paul Proulx, Proto-Algic IV: Nouns, in Studies in Native American Languages VII, volume 17, number 2 (1992)

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