Lexicon
Some Cheyenne words (with the Proto-Algonquian reconstructions where known):
- ame (PA *pemyi, "grease")
- he'e (PA *weθkweni, "his liver")
- hē'e (PA **eθkwe·wa, "woman")
- hetane (PA *erenyiwa, "man")
- ma'heo'o ("sacred spirit, God")
- matana (PA *meθenyi, "milk")
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