Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/nepyi

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

Etymology

From Proto-Algic *nepiʔi, whence also Yurok pa'ah (“water”).

Noun

*nepyi

1. water

Descendants

• Plains Algonquian:
  • Arapahoan:
    • Arapaho: néč
    • Gros Ventre: níc
  • Cheyenne: mahpe
• Central Algonquian:
  • Cree-Montagnais-Naskapi:
    • Cree: ᓃᐲᔾ (niipiiy)
      • Plains Cree: nipiy, ᓂᐱᕀ
      • Atikamekw: ᓂᐱ (nipi)
    • Montagnais-Naskapi:
      • East Cree:
        • Northern East Cree: ᓂᐲ (nipii)
        • Southern East Cree: ᓂᐲ (nipii)
      • Naskapi: ᓂᐱᐟ (nipit)
      • Montagnais: ᓂᐱ (nipi)
  • Menominee: nepe·w (nonlocative), nepi·heh (locative)
  • Eastern Great Lakes:
    • Ojibwe-Potawatomi:
      • Ojibwe: nibi
      • Algonquin: nibi
    • Fox: nepi
    • Kickapoo: nepi
    • Shawnee: nepi
    • Miami: nipi
• Eastern Algonquian:
  • Abenaki: nebi
  • Malecite-Passamaquoddy: nopim
  • Massachusett: nippe, nuppe
  • Mohegan-Pequot: nupi
  • Delaware:
    • Unami: mpi
    • Munsee: mbúy
    • Nanticoke: nep
  • Quiripi: núp

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
• Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics (1993)