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Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/-mihsa

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

Noun

*-mihsa

  1. older sister

Usage notes
  • This term was (and in child languages remains) inalienable; it had to be preceded by a personal prefix such as *ne- (“my”), as in *nemihsa (“my older sister”).

Descendants
  • Plains Algonquian
    • probably Arapaho nebi (“my older sister”)
    • Cheyenne: na-mêhäne (“my older sister”)
  • Central Algonquian
    • Cree: nimis / ᓂᒥᐢ (nimis, “my older sister”)
    • Montagnais: umisha (“his/her older sister”)
    • Fox: nemithêha (“my older sister”)
    • Miami: nimihsa (“my older sister”)
    • Ojibwe: ni-misenh (“my older sister”)
    • Menominee: nemēh (“my older sister”)
  • Eastern Algonquian
    • Abenaki: nmessis, n'messis (“my older sister”)
    • Malecite-Passamaquoddy: nmossis (“my older sister”)
    • Mohegan-Pequot: numsihs (“my older sister”)
    • Unami: nëmis (“my older sister”)

References
  • Hockett (1964)
  • Costa, David J. (2003) The Miami-Illinois Language (Studies in the Native Languages of the Americas), Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN
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