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Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/pemyi

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
  • *pemi (older reconstruction)

Etymology

From Proto-Algic *peʔmeye (“grease”), whence also Yurok pemey (“grease, cooking fat, oil”) and Wiyot bo'm, pu'm (“grease”).

Noun

*pemyi

  1. grease, oil, fat

Descendants
  • Plains Algonquian:
    • Blackfoot: pomís (“fat, lard”)
    • Cheyenne: ame (“grease”)
  • Central Algonquian:
    • Cree: ᐱᒥᕀ (pimiy, “grease, oil, lard”), ᐱᒦᐦᑳᐣ (pimiihkaan, “pemmican”)
    • Moose Cree: ᐱᒥᔾ
    • Swampy Cree: ᐱᒥᔾ
    • Southern East Cree: ᐱᒦ (pimii)
    • Northern East Cree: ᐱᒦ (pimii)
    • Naskapi: ᐱᒥᔾ (pimiy)
    • Ojibwe: bimide (“grease, oil, lard”)
    • Ottawa: bmide
    • Potawatomi: bmedé
    • Menominee: pemēh
    • Miami: pimi (“fat, grease”)
    • Fox: pemi- (“grease, oil”)
  • Eastern Algonquian:
    • Abenaki: bemi, pemi (“grease, oil, fat”)
    • probably Malecite-Passamaquoddy mimey (“grease, oil”)
    • probably Mikmaq mimei (“grease, oil”)
    • Penobscot: pə̀mi
    • Delaware:
      • Unami: pëmi (“lard, fat, grease”)
      • Munsee: pumúy
    • Mohegan-Pequot: pum (“grease, oil, butter”)
    • probably Massachussetts pummee (“oil,grease,fat”)

References
  • Goddard (1981)
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