Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/menwa

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

Verb

*menwa

she or he drinks

Descendants

taking this form as representative of the whole paradigm

Plains Algonquian:
- Arapaho: béne- (“drink”)
- Cheyenne: -mane (“drink”)
Central Algonquian:
- Shawnee: menwa (“she or he drinks”)
- Miami: minwa ~ meenka (“she or he drinks”); nimene (“I drink”) (from *nemene (“I drink”))
- Cree: minihkwew / ᒥᓂᐦᑫᐧᐤ (minihkeyw, “s/he drinks”)
- Ojibwe: mina' (vta) (“give her or him a drink, give (it) to her or him to drink”); minikwe (vai) (“she or he drinks”)
Eastern Algonquian:
- Unami: mëne (“drink”)

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
Ningewance, Patricia M. Zagataagan: A Northern Ojibwe Dictionary. Anishaabemowin Ikidowinan gaa-niibidebii'igaadegin dago gaye ewemitigoozhiibii'igaadegin (2009)