Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/pya·-

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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

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Verb

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*pya·-

  1. come

Descendants

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  • Plains Algonquian:
    • possibly Blackfoot puksiput (I come here)
  • Central Algonquian:
    • Cree: pâ- (come)
    • Ojibwe bi-izhaa (she or he comes (approaches))
    • Fox: pyêwa (come)
    • Miami: pyaaci (she or he comes), pyaahkice (she or he must come)
  • Eastern Algonquian:
    • Massachuset: peyau (comes hither)
    • Mohegan-Pequot: piyô- (she or he comes)
    • Mahican -pà (come), npà (I come), kpà (you come),
    • Unami (he comes or arrives), mpa (I come),

References

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  • Costa, David J. (2003) The Miami-Illinois Language (Studies in the Native Languages of the Americas), Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN