mpi

See also: MPI and -mpi

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Mpade with i as a placeholder.

Symbol

mpi

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Mpade.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Mpade terms

Unami

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *nepyi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ᵐbiː/

Noun

mpi inan (locative mpink, mpinkink, mpiyink, 1sg possessive nëpiyëm)

  1. water
    Ahi the në mpi.
    The water is very cold.
    (literally, “Very cold is the water.”)

Derived terms

References

  • Ives Goddard, Comparative Algonquian, in The Languages of Native America: Historical and Comparative Assessment →ISBN, 2014, Lyle Campbell, Marianne Mithun)
  • Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “mpi”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project
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