Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/pepo·nwi

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

Alternative forms

• *peponwi, *pepwenwi

Verb

*pepo·nwi

1. it is winter: see *pepo·n-

Antonyms

• *ni·penwi

References

• James Mack Crawford, Studies in Southeastern Indian Languages (1975), page 404
• Papers of the Twelfth Algonquian Conference (1981 / volume 1980), page 71: […] a few words that show an unexplained alternation between *o· and *o or *we (*peponwi or *pepwenwi '(it is) winter' > C and Arapaho-Atsina; *pepo·nwi > other languages) (cf. Goddard l979a:75).