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Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/aya·pe·wa

This Proto-Algonquian entry contains reconstructed terms 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

Etymology

Compare *na·pe·wa (“male, man”).

Noun

*aya·pe·wa (plural *aya·pe·waki)

  1. buck, male ungulate

Descendants
  • Plains Algonquian:
    • Arapaho: henéécee (“buffalo bull”) (Kroeber's orthography: hanâⁿteäⁿ), henééčeenó' (“buffalo bulls”)
    • Nawathinehena: hitāⁿmōⁿ
    • Gros Ventre: hänāⁿtyei
    • Cheyenne: hotóá'e (“buffalo bull, male buffalo”)
  • Central Algonquian:
    • Plains Cree: ᐃᔮᐯᐤ (iyâpêw, “buck, bull elk, bull moose”)
    • Montagnais: iapeutikᵘ (“young caribou buck”)
    • Naskapi: ᐃᔭᐸᐅᑎᐧᒄ (iyapautiykw, “caribou buck”)
    • Menominee: aya·pɛ·w (“male; stag, buck”)
    • Ojibwe: ayaabe (“buck, male deer”)
    • Potawatomi: yabé (“buck”)
    • Fox: ayâpêha (“buck”)
    • Miami: ayaapia (“buck”)
  • Eastern Algonquian:
    • Mohegan-Pequot: ayôp (“buck, male deer”)
    • Massachusett: aiyump (“a hart”), ayimp, eiyimp
    • Malecite-Passamaquoddy: iyap (“buck”), yap
    • Penobscot: áyαpe (“buck”)
    • Mahican: ayãapaw (“buck, male deer”)
    • Delaware:

References
  • Philip Baldi, Linguistic Change and Reconstruction Methodology →ISBN, 1990)
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