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Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/-a
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Proto-Algonquian
Suffix
*-a
- ending of animate nouns' singulars
- *e·rikwa (“ant”)
Descendants
- Central Algonquian:
- Fox: -a
See also
- *-i
References
- Marc Picard, Principles and Methods in Historical Phonology: From Proto-Algonkian to Arapaho