Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/či·paya

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

Noun

*či·paya

1. corpse
2. ghost, spirit (separated from body)

Descendants

• Central Algonquian:
  • Ojibwe: jiibay (“ghost, spirit”)
  • Fox: chîpaya (“dead person; ghost”)
• Eastern Algonquian:
  • Abenaki: chibai (“ghost”)

References

• Michelson (1935)
• Anthropological Linguistics, volume 39, issues 1-2 (1997), page 30