Reconstruction:Proto-Algic/-tewi

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This Proto-Algic 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-Algic

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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*-tewi

  1. body or flesh

Usage notes

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This term was always possessed:

Descendants

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  • Yurok: tew (flesh)
  • Proto-Algonquian: *-yawi (body or flesh)

References

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  • Paul Proulx, Proto-Algic VI: Conditioned Yurok reflexes of Proto-Algic vowels, Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics 27:124–138 (2004)