Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/ka·ka·kiwa
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Proto-Algonquian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Compare Yurok kwegokw (“common raven”), Wiyot ga'tsi·r (“crow”). Potentially related to Navajo gáagii (“crow”), Cherokee ᎪᎬ (gogv, “crow”)
Noun[edit]
*ka·ka·kiwa
Synonyms[edit]
- *a·nte·kwa (“raven, crow”)
Descendants[edit]
- Plains Algonquian:
- Central Algonquian:
- Cree-Montagnais-Naskapi:
- Cree: kâhkâkiw/ᑳᐦᑳᑭᐤ (kaahkaakiw, “raven, crow”), kahkakiw/ᑲᐦᑲᑭᐤ (kahkakiw, “raven, crow”)
- Moose Cree: ᑳᐦᑳᑭᐤ (“crow”) kâhkâkiw
- Naskapi: ᑲᐧᑲᒍᐤ (kaykachuw, “raven”)
- Atikamekw: kakakew (“raven”)
- Montagnais: kakatshu (“common raven”)
- Northern East Cree: ᑳᐦᑳᒋᐤ (kaahkaaciw, “raven”)
- Southern East Cree: ᑳᐦᑳᒎ (kaahkaacoo, “raven”)
- Eastern Great Lakes:
- Cree-Montagnais-Naskapi:
- Eastern Algonquian:
References[edit]
- Philip Baldi, Linguistic Change and Reconstruction Methodology →ISBN, 1990)