Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/aθemwa

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

*aɬemwa (alternative orthography)
(in compounds:) *-aʔθemw- (*aʔɬemw- (alternative orthography))

Noun

*aθemwa

dog

Derived terms

*wa·p-aʔθemwa (“white dog”)

Descendants

Plains Algonquian:
- Arapaho: heθ (“dog”)
- Cheyenne: hótame (“dog → hound → (in compounds) small domesticated animal”)
Central Algonquian:
- Cree: atim/ᐊᑎᒼ (atim, “dog”)
- Menominee: anɛ·m (“dog”); anɛ·mo·hseh (“little dog, puppy”)
- Fox: anemôha (“dog”)
- Miami: alemwa (“dog”)
- Ojibwe: animosh (“dog”) -ay-(ish) (“someone's dog”) -sim (“dog morpheme”)
Eastern Algonquian:
- Abenaki: alemos (“dog”)
- Mohegan-Pequot: ayumohs (“little dog, puppy”)
- Penobscot: a'ləmus (“dog”)
- Quiripi: arsúm (“dog”)

References

Cheyenne Dictionary of Fisher, Leman, Pine, and Sanchez
Historical Linguistics 1989: Papers from the 9th International Conference on Historical Linguistics →ISBN, edited by Hendrik Aertsen and ‎Robert J. Jeffers (1993): "PA *-a?θemwa 'dog'"
The Languages of Native America →ISBN, edited by Lyle Campbell and Marianne Mithun (2014): aθemw-, aʔθemw-
Bloomfield (1946)
Costa, David J. (2003) The Miami-Illinois Language (Studies in the Native Languages of the Americas), Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN
Ningewance, Patricia M. Zagataagan: A Northern Ojibwe Dictionary. Anishaabemowin Ikidowinan gaa-niibidebii'igaadegin dago gaye ewemitigoozhiibii'igaadegin (2009)