Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/menwa

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

Verb

*menwa

1. she or he drinks

Descendants

taking this form as representative of the whole paradigm

• Plains Algonquian:
  • Arapaho: béne- (“drink”)
  • Cheyenne: -mane (“drink”)
• Central Algonquian:
  • Shawnee: menwa (“she or he drinks”)
  • Miami: minwa ~ meenka (“she or he drinks”); nimene (“I drink”) (from *nemene (“I drink”))
  • Cree: minihkwew / ᒥᓂᐦᑫᐧᐤ (minihkeyw, “s/he drinks”)
  • Ojibwe: mina' (vta) (“give her or him a drink, give (it) to her or him to drink”); minikwe (vai) (“she or he drinks”)
• Eastern Algonquian:
  • Unami: mëne (“drink”)
  • Munsee: mŭnéew (“he/she drinks”)

References

• Bloomfield (1946)
• Costa, David J. (2003) The Miami-Illinois Language (Studies in the Native Languages of the Americas), Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN
• Ningewance, Patricia M. Zagataagan: A Northern Ojibwe Dictionary. Anishaabemowin Ikidowinan gaa-niibidebii'igaadegin dago gaye ewemitigoozhiibii'igaadegin (2009)