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====Creation and Usage Notes==== | |||
{{djpnotes|quote=While working on expanding the vocabulary, I had a list of proto-forms I wanted to use, and the form [[Reconstruction:Proto-Mén%C3%ADshè/uit|*uit]] was on that list. Through phonological changes, [[Reconstruction:Proto-Mén%C3%ADshè/uit|*uit]] became this cute little word [[wí]] that I happened to assign to the meaning "puddle," whose plural form just happened to be [[wíz]], which made both David and me laugh. | |||
-''[[User:Jams|Jessie Sams]]'' 22:29, 22 May 2020 (PDT)}} | |||
Latest revision as of 15:38, 28 September 2020
Méníshè
Etymology
From Proto-Méníshè *uit.
Pronunciation
Noun
wí (water class, plural wíz)
- puddle
Derived Terms
Creation and Usage Notes
| While working on expanding the vocabulary, I had a list of proto-forms I wanted to use, and the form *uit was on that list. Through phonological changes, *uit became this cute little word wí that I happened to assign to the meaning "puddle," whose plural form just happened to be wíz, which made both David and me laugh.
-Jessie Sams 22:29, 22 May 2020 (PDT) |