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Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/aθemwa

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

Alternative forms

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

Noun

*aθemwa

  1. dog

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Plains Algonquian:
    • Blackfoot: imitááwa
    • Arapaho: heθ (dog)
    • Gros Ventre: ót
    • Nawathinehena: hatam
    • Cheyenne: hótame (dog → hound → (in compounds) small domesticated animal)
  • Central Algonquian:
    • Cree
    • Menominee: anɛ·m (dog); anɛ·mo·hsɛh (little dog, puppy), anɛ·mo·hse·hsɛh (little puppy, tiny little dog)
    • Fox: anemôha (dog), Fox: anemôhêha (little dog, puppy)
    • Miami: alemwa (dog)
    • Ojibwe: animosh (dog, dog (pejorative)), anim (dog (variant)), animokaajiinh (dog (variant)), animoons (dog (diminutive)), -ay-(ish) (someone's dog), -asim (dog (morpheme))
    • Ottawa: nim
    • Potawatomi: anumosh
  • Eastern Algonquian: *arəm (dog)
    • Abenaki: alemos (dog)
    • Penobscot: a'ləmus (dog)
    • Mi'kmaq: lmu'j (dog), Mi'kmaq: lmu'ji'j (little dog, puppy)
    • Malecite-Passamaquoddy: olomuss (dog), Malecite-Passamaquoddy: olomussis (small dog, puppy)
    • Loup A: alùm
    • Nanticoke: alúm
    • Massachusett: anùm
    • Mohegan-Pequot: ayumohs (little dog, puppy)
    • Narragansett: ayím
    • Quiripi: arsúm (dog), arrum

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)
  • Natick Dictionary (1903), by James Hammond Trumbull pp. 246-247
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