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The Proto-Algonquian form for ‘I—Thee’

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 April 2026

James A. Geary
James A. Geary*
Affiliation:
Catholic University of America
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Extract

[A comparison of the forms in various Algonquian languages among themselves and with parallel forms, points to PA *ke—eθe-ne, in which *-eθe- indicates an inverse relation between *ke- and *-ne, which are object and actor, respectively.]

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Research Article
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Language , Volume 19 , Issue 2-Part1: April-June , June 1943 , pp. 147 - 151
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Copyright © 1943 by the Linguistic Society of America

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1 The following abbreviations are used: A = Algonkin, Ab. = Abnaki, C = Cree, D = Delaware, F = Fox, M = Menominee, N = Natick, O = Ojibwa, P = Peoria, PA = Proto-Algonquian, Pass. = Passamaquoddy, S = Shawnee.

I use an obelisk (†) before forms that are suggested as intermediate between PA and the historically recorded forms of a particular language, reserving the asterisk (*) as a designation of what I regard as strictly PA forms.