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Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/nya·θanwi

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

Alternative forms

Etymology

It has been observed that "the numbers from ‘one’ to ‘five’ all contain a semantically empty initial (root) *ny-, realized as *ne- before a consonant".[1]

Numeral
Proto-Algonquian cardinal numbers
 <  4 5 6  > 
    Cardinal : *nya·θanwi

*nya·θanwi

  1. five (5)

Descendants
  • Abenaki: nôlan (“five (in counting)”)
  • Arapaho: yooθón (“five”)
  • Cheyenne: noho (“five”)
  • Fox: nyânanwi (“five”)
  • Mahican: nunon (“five”), nonun (“five”), nanan (“five”)
  • Malecite-Passamaquoddy: nan (“five (in counting)”)
  • Menominee: nianan (“five”)
  • Miami: yaalanenwi (“five times”)
  • Mi'kmaq: na'n (“five (in counting)”)
  • Plains Cree: niyânan, ᓂᔮᓇᐣ (“five”)
  • Munsee: náalan (“five”)
  • Mohegan-Pequot: nupáw (“five”)
  • Ojibwe: naanan (“five”)

References
  • Costa, David J. (2003) The Miami-Illinois Language (Studies in the Native Languages of the Americas), Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN
  1. Essays in Algonquian, Catawban, And Siouan Linguistics →ISBN, 2003), page 98: "the numbers from ‘one’ to ‘five’ all contain a semantically empty initial (root) *ny-, realized as *ne- before a consonant (PA *nye- and *ni- do not occur), and *-w-i is descriptively segmentable."
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