Reconstruction:Narragansett/wek
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This Narragansett 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. |
Narragansett
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Algonquian *wiᐧki (“tent, home, place”).[1] According to Trumbull, the word *wek has the form of a third-person verb; compare wêtu and see the footnote there for more. Both are likely ultimately related to Proto-Algonquian *wi·kiwa·ʔmi, and hence English wigwam. Compare Massachusett wék, week (“(his) house”),[2] Lenape wik (“house”), wikit (“his house”).[3]
Noun
[edit]*wek inan
Declension
[edit]Declension of wek (inanimate, 5 forms attested)
Related terms
[edit]- nowêkin
- tuckowêkin
- wékinash (possibly)
- wetu
References
[edit]- ^ Hewson, John (2017) “*wiᐧki”, in Proto-Algonquian Online Dictionary, Carleton University, School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies
- ^ James Hammond Trumbull (1903) “wék, week”, in Natick Dictionary, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 189
- ^ Eben Norton Horsford, editor (1887), Zeisberger's Indian dictionary, Cambridge, MA: John Wilson and Son, →OCLC, page 97