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Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/taθ-
Proto-Algonquian
Alternative forms
- *tal-, *tar- (variant)
- *taɬ- (alternative orthography using /ɬ/ for 'θ')
Etymology
A variant of *tal- (which see), from Proto-Algic.
Adverb
*taθ-
- there, synonym of *tal-
Descendants
- see also *tal-
- Central Algonquian:
- Cree: tasi/ᑕᓯ (tasi, “there”)
Verb
*taθ-
- have (an inanimate object) (somewhere)
Related terms
- *tal- (“have (an animate object) (somewhere)”)
Descendants
- see also *tal-
- Central Algonquian:
- Atikamekw: tat
References
- Bloomfield (1946)
- Goddard (1982)
- Paul Proulx, Proto-Algic III: Pronouns, in Studies in Native American Languages II, volume 16 (1991)
- J. Blevins, A. Garrett, The rise and fall of l sandhi in California Algic (2007) (citing Goddard; also citing Beland 1978 regarding Atikamekw)
- Arok Elessar Wolvengrey, Semantic and Pragmatic Functions in Plains Cree syntax
- Papers of the ... Algonquian Conference, volume 26 (1995; edited by William Cowan), page 348: "Goddard (1982: 28) notes that the Delaware word eehontaxpwiink [èhèntalipwink] 'table' is formed upon an old middle reflexive stem composed of PA *taθ- [*tal-] 'there' and *-po 'eat.'"