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Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/-wi·wa
Proto-Algonquian
Etymology
From Proto-Algic *-wi·wa.
Noun
*-wi·wa
- wife
Descendants
- Central Algonquian:
- Fox: nîwa (“my wife”)
- Shawnee: kîwaki (“your wives”)
- Miami: niwiiwa (“my wife”)
- Ojibwe: ni-wiiw (“my wife”)
- Eastern Algonquian:
- Mahican: wiwa, wewa, wewon (“wife”)
- Munsee: nî́w (“my wife”)
References
- Paul Proulx, Proto-Algic IV: Nouns, in Studies in Native American Languages VII, volume 17, number 2 (1992)