Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/ka·wimina
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]The second element is *-imin(V) (“berry”). The first element may be related to *ka·winšya (“spine, thorn”).
Noun
[edit]*ka·wimina
Descendants
[edit]- Miami: kaayominiiki (“gooseberries (plural)”)
References
[edit]- Costa, David J. (2003) The Miami-Illinois Language (Studies in the Native Languages of the Americas), Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN