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Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/mexponwi
Proto-Algonquian
Verb
*mexponwi
- it snows
Descendants
- Central Algonquian:
- Plains Cree: mispon / ᒥᐢᐳᐣ (“it snows”)
- Moose Cree: ᒥᐢᐳᐣ
- Southern East Cree: ᒥᔅᐳᓐ (mispon)
- Northern East Cree: ᒥᔅᐳᓐ (mispon)
- Montagnais: mishpun
- Atikamekw: mispon
- Great Lakes Algonquian:
- Fox: mehpowi
Synonyms
- *so·kixpowi
- *peʔϴaᐧnwi
- *piᐧwanwi
References
- Anthropological Linguistics (the journal of Indiana University's Department of Anthropology), volume 39, issue 1 (1997)