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Where does “matana” come from?

matana (Cheyenne) comes from Proto-Algonquian meθenepi — milk.

matana (Cheyenne): breast; milk

Definitions

  1. breast; milk

Ancestry of “matana”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Algonquianmeθenepimilk
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