Reconstruction:Proto-Iroquoian/ijiː

This Proto-Iroquoian 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-Iroquoian

Alternative forms

  • *ij (before vowels in deverbalised nouns and some verb forms)
  • *ijiː (before consonants in deverbalised nouns and someverb forms)
  • *n (before vowels elsewhere)
  • *ni (before consonants elsewhere)

Suffix

*ijiː

  1. partitive prefix

Descendants

  • Southern Iroquoian:
    • Cherokee: ᎢᏥ- (itsi-), Ꮒ- (ni-)
  • Proto-North Iroquoian: *ni (from *n + *ijiː)

References

  • Charles Julian (2010), A history of the Iroquoian Languages‎[1], University of Manitoba, pages 343–4
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