Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/-aki

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

Suffix

*-aki

1. suffix used to pluralize animate nouns

   *e·rikwa (“ant”) → *e·rikwaki (“ants”)

Descendants

• Central Algonquian:
  • Cree: -ak, -k
  • Menominee: -ak, -ok
  • Ojibwe: -g, -ag, -iig, -oog, -wag
  • Fox: -aki
  • Shawnee: -aki
  • Miami: -waki, -ooki
• Eastern Algonquian:
  • Mi'kmaq: -g, -ug
  • Abenaki: -ak
  • Malecite-Passamaquoddy: -ok, -uwok
  • Mohegan-Pequot: -ak
  • Unami: -àk
  • Munsee: -ak

See also

• *-ari

References

• Siebert (1975)
• Marc Picard, Principles and Methods in Historical Phonology: From Proto-Algonkian to Arapaho
• Costa, David J. (2003) The Miami-Illinois Language (Studies in the Native Languages of the Americas), Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN