Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/apwa·ni
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Proto-Algonquian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the verb *apw- (“roast”) (which see for more).
Noun
[edit]*apwa·ni
- thing which has been roasted or baked; roast or baked good: roast meat or baked (corn)bread
Descendants
[edit]- Central Algonquian:
- Naskapi: ᐊᑈᓐ (apwaan, “meat roasted on a stick”)
- Menominee: (enæn-)apuan (“corn bread”)
- Ojibwe: abwaan -an (“roasted meat”)
- Eastern Algonquian:
References
[edit]- Algonquian Linguistics, volume 4 (1978), page 28 (has apwa·n)
- Warne, A Historical Phonology of Abenaki (1973) (has apwa·na, apwa·ni; likewise a paper in the 1975 Studies in Southeastern Indian Languages, which distinguishes the two as implying bread and meat, respectively)
- Paul Proulx, Proto-Algic IV: Nouns, in Studies in Native American Languages VII, volume 17, number 2 (1992) (has apwa·ni)