Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/-θeni

Alternative forms

 * *meθeni (*meɬeni), *neθenya (*neɬenya)
 * *meθeni (*meɬeni), *neθenya (*neɬenya)
 * *meθeni (*meɬeni), *neθenya (*neɬenya)
 * *meθeni (*meɬeni), *neθenya (*neɬenya)

Etymology
From, like 🇨🇬 (with the definite third-person prefix), (, with the indefinite third-person prefix). As in Wiyot, this term was always possessed, e.g. as meθeni (with the third-person prefix ).

Noun

 * 1) breast; nipple

Derived terms

 * *meθenepi (meɬenepi), whence Arapaho, Cheyenne

Descendants

 * Plains Algonquian:
 * (from meɬeni)
 * (from meɬeni)
 * Central Algonquian:
 * (from weɬeni)
 * (from neɬeni)