Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/nya·θanwi
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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[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- *nya·ɬanwi (alternative orthography)
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
| < 4 | 5 | 6 > |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal : *nya·θanwi | ||
*nya·θanwi
- five (5)
Descendants[edit]
- 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[edit]
- Costa, David J. (2003) The Miami-Illinois Language (Studies in the Native Languages of the Americas), Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN