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Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/ta·paw-

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

Rhodes and Costa write that "[e]vidence from Fox suggests that this was not originally a number word (see Goddard 2001: 173), as claimed by Siebert (1975: 308). […] Nonetheless, the existence of a Fox cognate guarantees a Proto-Algonquian source. Moreover, this root figures in the construction of words for 'seven' in certain Eastern languages", just like *nyi·šwi (“two”) figures in *nyi·šwa·šika (“seven”).

Particle

*ta·paw-[1][2]

  1. a particle of unclear meaning

Derived terms
  • *ta·paw (“two, two of a kind”)
    • Eastern Algonquian:
      • Mi'kmaq: ta'pu (“two”)
      • Malecite-Passamaquoddy: tapu (“two (in counting)”) (perhaps borrowed from Mi'kmaq)
  • *ta·pawa·ši (“seven”)[3]
    • Eastern Algonquian:
      • Abenakian:
        • Abenaki: dôbawôz
          Sokoki: tbawz
        • Penobscot:
          Alnôbak: tabaúwus
      • Loup B: tanboens
      • Delawaran:
        • Mahican: tampawmns
          Moravian: tapauwaasch, tampawaunsh (Jefferson)
          Stockbridge: taupowwaus (Aupaumut), tupouwus (Edwards, Du Ponceau)
        • → Quiripi: túmpawa, tumpowa (perhaps borrowed from Munsee[4])
      • Pamlico: toppoosh
      • Powhatan: toppawoss
  • Unsorted formations:
    • Cree: (“seven”)
      Canadian syllabics script: ᑌᐸᑯᐦᑊ (tepakohp)
      Latin script: têpakohp
    • Fox: tâpô- (“side-by-side”)

See also

References
  1. Rhodes, Richard; Costa, David J. (2003) The History of Algonquian Number Words
  2. Hewson, John (2017) “*taᐧpaw-”, in Proto-Algonquian Online Dictionary, Carleton University, School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies
  3. Siebert, Frank T., Jr. (1975) “Ressurrecting Virginia Algonquian from the Dead: The Reconstituted and Historical Phonology of Powhatan”, in Crawford, James M., editors, Studies in Southeastern Languages, Athens: University of Georgia Press
  4. Costa, David J. (2007) “The Dialectology of Southern New England Algonquian”, in Wolfart, Hans C., editors, Papers of the 39th Algonquian Conference‎, volume 81, number 127, Winnipeg: University of Manitoba
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