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Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/pepo·n-
Proto-Algonquian
Alternative forms
- *pepon-, *pepwen- (see *pepo·nwi)
Etymology
From Proto-Algic *pipo·n- (“be winter”).
Verb
*pepo·n-
- be winter
Antonyms
- *ni·pen-
Descendants
- Plains Algonquian:
- Cheyenne: -aéneve (“be winter”) (from *pepo·no·wi), aénéva (“winter time; year”) (from *pepo·nwi)
- Central Algonquian:
- Cree: pipon / ᐱᐳᐣ (pipon, “it is winter”)
- Ojibwe: biboon (“it is winter”)
- Fox: pepôwi (“it is winter”)
- Miami: pipoonwi (“it is winter”)
- Eastern Algonquian:
- Mohegan-Pequot: pupon (“it is winter”)
- Abenaki: pebon (“it is winter”)
References
- Paul Proulx, Proto-Algic IV: Nouns, in Studies in Native American Languages VII, volume 17, number 2 (1992)