Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/aʔsenya

This Proto-Algonquian entry contains reconstructed words 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

*aʔsenyi

Noun

*aʔsenya

stone, rock

Synonyms

*-a·peθk- (“stone; metal; solid material”)

Descendants

Central Algonquian:
- Cree: asinîy/ᐊᓯᓃᕀ (asiniiy, “stone”)
- Ojibwe: asin (“stone”)
- Fox: atheni (“rock, stone”)
- Miami: ahseni (“stone, rock”)
Eastern Algonquian:
- Abenaki: sen (“stone”)
- Malecite-Passamaquoddy: sun (“stone”)
- Quiripi: sun (“stone”) (Unquachog)
- Karbi: sin (“stone, rock”)
- Munsee: ăsún (ăsə́n, “stone”)
- Unami: ahsën (“stone, rock”)

Compare Cheyenne ho'honáá'e (“rock, stone”), ó'ėséena (“whetstone, sharpening stone”).

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