Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/-yawi

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Algic *-tewi, *-ʔewi, whence also Yurok tew (flesh).

Noun

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*-yawi

  1. body or flesh

Usage notes

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This term was always possessed:

  • *ni·yawi (my body)
  • *ki·yawi (your body)
  • *wi·yawi (her or his body)

Descendants

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  • Central Agonquian:
    • Cree: miyaw/ᒥᔭᐤ (miyaw, body)
    • Menominee: ne·yaw (my body)
    • Ojibwe: niiyaw (my body), giiyaw (your body), wiiyaw (her or his body)
    • Shawnee: wiiya (body)
    • Miami: niiyawi (myself; my body)

References

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  • Aubin (1975)
  • David Costa, Shawnee Noun Plurals, in Anthropological Linguistics, 43:3 (2001)
  • Costa, David J. (2003) The Miami-Illinois Language (Studies in the Native Languages of the Americas), Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN
  • Paul Proulx, Proto-Algic VI: Conditioned Yurok reflexes of Proto-Algic vowels, Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics 27:124–138 (2004)